Good thing the midterms aren’t now, the House and the Senate would be lost and Trump impeached in a matter of a few weeks. Who knows what the US will be like by November.
On the video: My roommate junior year in college was killed while on a climb on Longs Peak. Descending down the north side with lots of snow and for some reason not roped up. Slipped and then starting sliding to the east face and did not self arrest with his ice axe. Fell the 1700ft to his death. The video reminded me that there’s such a similar small ledge halfway down the face of Longs with the cynical name of “Broadway”. He apparently hit it on his fall down according to Rocky Mtn Rescue after they recovered his body a few days later.
Don’t go wobbly.
If it was easy Thune could do it. I guess this is how you learn who has leadership qualities.
What is the reason certain Republicans give for opposing the Save Act? Someone please educate me.
Something to do with not having a backbone?
@physicsguy:The Iranian government still in full control, apparently.
We’re not even two weeks in, I think it’s far too early to expect that they wouldn’t be.
@IrishOtter49:What is the reason certain Republicans give for opposing the Save Act? Someone please educate me.
It’s all FUD. They can’t give you the real reason, which is that they are counting on Dem cooperation for appropriations, which is the fundamental thing they care about, spending our money with their friends.
Everyone in the Senate got there with the system we have now, they have no reason of their own to change it. The only thing that could move them is if their constituents might not reelect them for opposing it, but given our very short attention spans this possibility is remote. It may have been activated for John Cornyn.
They could pass it with 51 votes–they set aside the filibuster several times last year on things much less important–but they don’t really have 51 votes. They have more than 51 who pretend to support it and fewer than 51 who actually do. The Senate Majority Leader’s role is to see that it fails to pass but those who need to appease their constituents get to vote ‘yes’.
The ones in solid red states do not have to fear any change in voting that the Dems might later make and they know this. They all need to keep bringing home bacon, though, and they can’t do it without the Dems, and they don’t need to be in the majority to do that.
I knew I should have just stayed in bed today.
IrishOtter49: whatever they say publicly, it doesn’t matter. In reality:
If you are a D, especially in a city, esp. in a purple state–you need the vote fraud machine to keep your party in power. If you, like Schumer, are going to be primaried, you will cause your base you need to run your campaigns and turn out in primaries to go into hysterics. (There’s a reason why 20% of D’s are adamantly against it – they are the party workers, and cross them at your peril). Not sure enough D senators are retiring (eg to pull a Durbin).
If you are an R:
-Afraid of being called racist or whatever narrative the media cooks up.
-Idiot/naive (come from an honest state, muh principles, home state already has voter ID)
-Believe voter fraud is overblown (it isn’t)
-Benefit from fraud, eg vote by mail or getting across the finish line by party insiders who do the dirty work for you, giving you plausible deniability. (Looking at you, Lisa Murkowski).
-You are not yet sure where the wind blows. (Related-you will do what your leadership tells you to do, because this is the best job you have ever had in your life; related – Thune understands that WITH the filibuster, he has great power even when the D’s take the chamber).
-You don’t want to be lumped in with the “MAGA crazies” class at your next fundraiser with the corporate lobbyists/business interests. (Screw you Turtle).
-Not a clean bill (seriously, Trump should agree to take all the sports issues out of it-it hurts in purple states with big blue suburbs).
-Fear of surrendering filibuster on this issue, because you will want to make the same argument the next time dems come to power.
The last is, in theory, the best argument; but it utterly ignores the reality that the minute the Dems come back into power, they are going to knife you in the back anyway, and the media won’t help you because they are communist party apparatchiks with bylines.
If you are into conspiracy theories: the deep state has enough blackmail material on them that to undermine deep state election control, is an electoral suicide mission. 😉
My 2c.
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I get vertigo just looking at the pic, not going to open the video.
It seems that the US military is adapting to Drone Warfare. As is always the case, should have done more sooner. But at least progress.
My morning routine: get coffee,peruse news sites…what a depressing morning!
1) Who to dislike more? The spineless GOP, or the traitorous Ds? The SAVE act going down in flames:
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/senate-gop-eyes-blame-game-trump-backed-save-act-heads-defeat
2) Iran now using suicide boats in the Strait. There should be a Navy escort for every tanker. I know…resources….sigh..
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15639215/Biggest-oil-crisis-history-Iran-launches-suicide-boat-strikes-sending-prices-soaring-Trumps-won-claim.html
3) The Iranian government still in full control, apparently. Like those damn weeds in the lawn…keep hitting them and they just keep coming back.
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/iran-government-war/2026/03/11/id/1249203/
Good thing the midterms aren’t now, the House and the Senate would be lost and Trump impeached in a matter of a few weeks. Who knows what the US will be like by November.
On the video: My roommate junior year in college was killed while on a climb on Longs Peak. Descending down the north side with lots of snow and for some reason not roped up. Slipped and then starting sliding to the east face and did not self arrest with his ice axe. Fell the 1700ft to his death. The video reminded me that there’s such a similar small ledge halfway down the face of Longs with the cynical name of “Broadway”. He apparently hit it on his fall down according to Rocky Mtn Rescue after they recovered his body a few days later.
Don’t go wobbly.
If it was easy Thune could do it. I guess this is how you learn who has leadership qualities.
What is the reason certain Republicans give for opposing the Save Act? Someone please educate me.
Something to do with not having a backbone?
@physicsguy:The Iranian government still in full control, apparently.
We’re not even two weeks in, I think it’s far too early to expect that they wouldn’t be.
@IrishOtter49:What is the reason certain Republicans give for opposing the Save Act? Someone please educate me.
It’s all FUD. They can’t give you the real reason, which is that they are counting on Dem cooperation for appropriations, which is the fundamental thing they care about, spending our money with their friends.
Everyone in the Senate got there with the system we have now, they have no reason of their own to change it. The only thing that could move them is if their constituents might not reelect them for opposing it, but given our very short attention spans this possibility is remote. It may have been activated for John Cornyn.
They could pass it with 51 votes–they set aside the filibuster several times last year on things much less important–but they don’t really have 51 votes. They have more than 51 who pretend to support it and fewer than 51 who actually do. The Senate Majority Leader’s role is to see that it fails to pass but those who need to appease their constituents get to vote ‘yes’.
The ones in solid red states do not have to fear any change in voting that the Dems might later make and they know this. They all need to keep bringing home bacon, though, and they can’t do it without the Dems, and they don’t need to be in the majority to do that.
I knew I should have just stayed in bed today.
IrishOtter49: whatever they say publicly, it doesn’t matter. In reality:
If you are a D, especially in a city, esp. in a purple state–you need the vote fraud machine to keep your party in power. If you, like Schumer, are going to be primaried, you will cause your base you need to run your campaigns and turn out in primaries to go into hysterics. (There’s a reason why 20% of D’s are adamantly against it – they are the party workers, and cross them at your peril). Not sure enough D senators are retiring (eg to pull a Durbin).
If you are an R:
-Afraid of being called racist or whatever narrative the media cooks up.
-Idiot/naive (come from an honest state, muh principles, home state already has voter ID)
-Believe voter fraud is overblown (it isn’t)
-Benefit from fraud, eg vote by mail or getting across the finish line by party insiders who do the dirty work for you, giving you plausible deniability. (Looking at you, Lisa Murkowski).
-You are not yet sure where the wind blows. (Related-you will do what your leadership tells you to do, because this is the best job you have ever had in your life; related – Thune understands that WITH the filibuster, he has great power even when the D’s take the chamber).
-You don’t want to be lumped in with the “MAGA crazies” class at your next fundraiser with the corporate lobbyists/business interests. (Screw you Turtle).
-Not a clean bill (seriously, Trump should agree to take all the sports issues out of it-it hurts in purple states with big blue suburbs).
-Fear of surrendering filibuster on this issue, because you will want to make the same argument the next time dems come to power.
The last is, in theory, the best argument; but it utterly ignores the reality that the minute the Dems come back into power, they are going to knife you in the back anyway, and the media won’t help you because they are communist party apparatchiks with bylines.
If you are into conspiracy theories: the deep state has enough blackmail material on them that to undermine deep state election control, is an electoral suicide mission. 😉
My 2c.