Der Spiegel reports Biden considering stepping down for Michelle Obama

Good one Nova. Made me laugh. Well done. You should write copy for the GOP.

So we don't vote for the current head of Russia, Palestine, certain African countries, Mexico, Some Central and So. America countries, China, N. Korea, Israel or Arab countries. Got it.

05/07/24 04:53 PM

#7927

Dick – “we don't vote for the current head of Russia, Palestine, certain African countries, Mexico, Some Central and So. America countries, China, N. Korea, Israel or Arab countries”.

Instead, we let them send their people here to create chaos and overload our cities and states instead of staying in their own countries to try and make changes.

I am sure that there is a logic to all of this, I am not sure what the logic is, but it must be there somewhere or our Great Leaders, that are in power, wouldn’t be doing it.

05/08/24 11:13 AM

#7928

NOVA, Russia, Palestine, certain African countries, Mexico, Some Central and So. America countries, China, N. Korea, Israel or Arab countries”.

A SIMPLE ANSWER IS THEY ARE TRYING TO TAKE OVER OUR COUNTY. THE NUMBER OF TERRIOUS THAT HAVE BEEN CAUGHT AT THE BORDER JUST THIS YEAR. OVER 150 INDIVIDUALS, MOST ARE FRON CHINA.

05/08/24 06:06 PM

#7929

Der Spiegel reports Biden considering stepping down for Michelle Obama

By Jen Krausz on

May 7, 2024

Der Spiegel, a German-language publication, reported for the first time on May 5 that President Joe Biden is considering stepping down as a presidential candidate and endorsing Michelle Obama to replace him as the Democrat presidential candidate in 2024.

The party may make the substitution at the Democratic National Convention in August, the publication said.

Der Spiegel said that Obama's name has been added as a potential candidate, and polls are being conducted to see how voters feel about her as a candidate.

"The idea of a female president inspires many Americans," Der Spiegel noted.

It also cited polls that say two-thirds of Americans think Biden is too old to be president for another four years.

Another report cited concerns from Democrats that Biden may not have the required energy to be a successful candidate.

ALL I CAN SAY OH SHIT

05/09/24 06:40 PM

#7930

MT Standard newspaper today

Senator Tester is from MT

Jon Tester became the first Democratic U.S. senator to announce he plans to co-sponsor a Republican-championed immigration bill Thursday, marking yet another hard-line border security move by the incumbent in recent months.

Tester is facing a tough reelection challenge in the fall and his campaign has continually framed him as tough on the border. Tester is one of two incumbent Democratic senators running for reelection in states that Donald Trump won in 2020.

The Laken Riley Act would require the Department of Homeland Security to detain migrants who are "unlawfully present in the United States" and are “arrested for burglary, theft, larceny, or shoplifting." The bill also authorizes states to sue the federal government for "decisions or alleged failures related to immigration enforcement.”

The legislation is named after a young woman who was allegedly murdered by a man who illegally crossed the border and had previously been arrested in connection with a shoplifting case, but was later released by authorities. --->

05/09/24 09:28 PM

#7931

One Florida man caught his sister by surprise by what he did to her with a piece of fried chicken

MAY 8, 2024

Most siblings are close and have a tight bond that lasts for a lifetime.

But sibling fights are also the most common form of family violence.

And one Florida man caught his sister by surprise by what he did to her with a piece of fried chicken.

Studies show that sibling relationships tend to be the longest-lasting bonds in people’s lives.

But even though most siblings are close with one another, they also get into a lot of quarrels and fights in their childhood and teenage years.

Research suggests that younger siblings fight around eight times per hour.

Of course, sometimes the quarrels turn into full-blown fights, especially between brothers.

But a brother and sister in Florida recently got into a spat that landed one of them behind bars.

Khanye Edrayieze Medley, a 20-year-old, lives with his sister at her home in Clearwater, Florida.

On Monday, Medley was at home with his sister and had not eaten any food that day.

Since his sister had recently gone to Church’s Texas Chicken, she offered him a few pieces to eat when he mentioned that he was hungry.

But Medley responded in a way that his sister never expected.

After a verbal altercation took place, Medley snatched the bag of food from his sister’s hands and started throwing pieces of chicken at her.

One of the pieces of chicken struck her directly on the back and left “debris” all over her shoulders.

“The chicken was from a place called ‘Churches’, possibly meaning Church’s Texas Chicken, which has a location down the road from their residence, MSN reported. “One piece of the fried chicken struck the victim in the back and left debris of food on her shoulders.”

That is when she decided to call the police on her brother.

Once on the scene, the officers pulled Medley to the side and asked him about the incident.

He admitted to throwing two pieces of fried chicken at her.

When asked why he would do such a thing, Medley told the police officers that “he had not eaten and did not want the piece of chicken the victim offered him, so he became upset.”

The officers took Medley into custody and charged him with domestic battery.

He was released from the Pinellas County Jail the following day on recognizance.

This is the second incident in one week that food has been used to commit domestic battery in Pinellas County.

A man recently went to jail for a road rage incident where he threw pasta out the window and struck the driver of the other car.

DeSantis Daily will keep you up-to-date on any new developments in this ongoing story.

05/10/24 09:36 AM

#7932

Rowland Greenwade

Dick,

In accordance with your question to me, would you please ask your "conservative" senator friend Tester what he thinks of DEI, and report back to the group? I am very interested in his response.

Rowland

05/10/24 10:52 AM

#7933

Rowland Greenwade

Nova,

I think Henry Ford may have said it best (or at least, pretty good) more than 100 years ago: "If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got."

Rowland

05/10/24 11:28 AM

#7934

Rowland – You are right, it is hard to make any change if you do what you always done and expect a different outcome. People vote for politicians on what they say they will do but while in the office they never do. A politician will not do anything to help with border security but at election time will champion an immigration bill supporting border security. Voters will say they do not agree with what their party is doing than vote for them in the next election. I looked at Jon Tester votes over the years and didn’t see any votes for border security.

05/10/24 01:27 PM

#7935

Rowland ,Nova, NOW DAYS I RESEARCH WHAT THEY HAVE VOTED ON ETC. IT, OR A BILL THEY ADDED THEIR NAME TO ETC. IN SUPPORT OF IT.

IT TAKES A LITTLE RESEARCH BUT IT, I HELPS, TO SEE WHAT SIDE OF THEIR MOUTH 👄 THEY ARE TALKING OUT OF.

05/11/24 03:49 PM

#7936

Rowland--I have no clue what Senator Tester thinks about DEI. As far as I know, it is not a topic of discussion around this deep red state.

05/11/24 03:52 PM

#7937

Rowland--yes, Ford is the author of this commonly-used statement. Rightly, I'd say.

05/11/24 05:03 PM

#7938

More gems from Henry Ford: “Don't find fault, find a remedy: anyone can complain.” “If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right.” “Any customer can have a car painted as he wants as long as it is black.

Happy mother's day.

05/12/24 01:58 PM

#7939

Rowland Greenwade

Dick,

I am truly flattered that you would value knowing my humble opinion on the subject of DEI over that of your state's Democratic candidate for US Senate, Jon Tester. The same Jon Tester, who you recently touted to us as the "first Democrat to co-sponsor the Laken Riley Act."

Maybe when you lived in Roswell you also listened to a certain radio newscaster, Paul Harvey. He was famous for telling "the Rest of the Story."

Well, the rest of the story regarding Senator Tester and the Laken Riley Act is that Tester voted AGAINST its text in the Senate when it was proposed as a floor amendment to one of the recent certain to pass appropriations bills.

Now, that it is a Republican-sponsored, stand alone bill which Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer will NEVER allow for a Senate vote, Tester, from deeply red Montana, is seemingly leading the charge for its passage.

Note to Montananites: A vote for Tester is to "Keep on doing what you've always done, and expecting a different outcome!"

Best, as always,

Rowland

P.S.: I AM complaining, and the remedies are Donald J. Trump and Tim Sheehy.

05/13/24 05:14 PM

#7940

05/13/24 11:37 PM

#7941

Opinion: Trump’s ‘Sore Loser Syndrome’ is spreading throughout the Republican Party (msn.com)

What do you think? Our next President?

The Hill

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Opinion: Trump’s ‘Sore Loser Syndrome’ is spreading throughout the Republican Party

Opinion by Austin Sarat, opinion contributor

• 13h • 5 min read

It once was an article of faith that American politicians, on both sides of the aisle, would act like good losers and graciously electoral defeat. They would concede publicly, even if they grumbled privately about election results.

After the closely fought and contested 2000 presidential election, Vice President Al Gore offered an example. On Dec. 13, 2000, Gore told the nation, “I accept the finality of the outcome, which will be ratified next Monday in the Electoral College. And tonight, for the sake of our unity as a people and the strength of our democracy, I offer my concession.” ...............................

This is not to say that there have never been challenges or false accusations of election fraud or chicanery. There have been. But they were more the exception than the rule. And they never have been the stock and trade of an entire political party.

How times have changed.

We know what happened in 2020. We also know that Donald Trump has already refused to say unequivocally that he will accept the 2024 election result. As the former president said in a Time magazine interview last month, “If we don’t win, you know, it depends. It always depends on the fairness of an election.”

That is bad enough, but Trump is not alone. The cancer of election denialism is metastasizing and fast becoming a key part of the Republican brand.

It looks like 2020 may have been “a dress rehearsal” for 2024.

Today, refusing to say whether they will accept the 2024 election results has become a staple among Republican leaders seeking favor with Trump and his MAGA followers. This reflects a political branding strategy and a distinctive psychological style called “sore loser syndrome.”

As one commentator describes it, “This condition is reportedly characterized by exhibiting extreme anger; denying responsibility for a defeat while blaming others; and ‘acting out’ which may include violent acts against those considered responsible for what is deemed an undeserved, unfair negative outcome of a competition.”

“Losers,” another says, “are more aggressive than winners on average. And that makes sense — if your rival outperforms you, you must resort to aggression to try and stop them.”

A third student of sore losers explains, “Someone who is a sore loser may be merely spoiled.”

Sound familiar? 

As we prepare for the 2024 election, psychologists remind us that coming to terms with loss is a sign of maturity and psychic strength. But it takes work.

Things that people need to do to prepare for losing include anticipating having “untrue thoughts” like “the other side cheated” and not giving in to them. They need to connect with others who also feel the loss but are not sore losers. And they need to remember that bigger things than losing are at stake and focus on the importance of those bigger things. ..........................

Leaders of both parties owe it to our democracy “to speak out against any attempts to undermine the integrity of our election system and undermine public confidence in whoever is declared the winner.” In everything they do, as John McCain said, they need to call on their colleagues and followers to attend to the hard work of democratic governance, namely “find(ing) the necessary compromises, to bridge our differences.”

Sore losers can’t, and won’t, do that.  

Austin Sarat is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor Jurisprudence & Political Science at Amherst College.

05/14/24 03:42 PM

#7942

MY HEALTH UP DATE

A transient ischemic attack (TIA) is a short period of symptoms similar to those of a stroke. It's caused by a brief blockage of blood flow to the brain. A TIA usually lasts only a few minutes and doesn't cause long-term damage.

However, a TIA may be a warning. About 1 in 3 people who has a TIA will eventually have a stroke, with about half occurring within a year after the TIA.

Often called a ministroke, a TIA can serve as both a warning of a future stroke and a chance to prevent it.

05/14/24 05:27 PM

#7943

Opinion by Ingrid Jacques, USA TODAY

According to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, interest on the debt has almost doubled to $659 billion in 2023 from $345 billion in 2020.

Debt payments are crowding out other important spending. For instance, interest costs this year are more than federal spending on education, transportation and veterans combined, CRFB reports.

Financial experts have long warned the government that it must get its long-term debt and annual deficits under control. But it’s become a glaring problem now that interest rates have continued to stay high as the Federal Reserve tries to hold down inflation.

Higher interest rates on that much debt are bad news for the budget’s bottom line. And as the debt reaches unsustainable levels, it will contribute to a negative cycle of even higher interest rates.

Inflation reached a 40-year high under Biden’s presidency, and we are still well above inflation targets. While multiple factors play into rising inflation, the amount of money Biden and Congress have pumped into the economy is certainly to blame.

Former President Donald Trump also was a big spender. Trump added about $8 trillion to the debt, yet roughly half of that was due to the federal government’s bipartisan response to the once-in-a-lifetime COVID pandemic in 2020. Until then, spending under the Trump administration was comparatively less than under Biden.

It’s fair to argue that Trump’s spending to combat COVID was over the top. Yet, rather than slow down spending when he took office in 2021, Biden continued the country’s spending spree – despite being past the worst of the pandemic.

05/15/24 11:46 AM

#7944