Uncle Joe

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

I spent 28 bucks at taco bell last night. bidenomics at work.

DUDE! Why didn't you tell us you met Chuck Sheen?
Who by the way, resembled a cross between Donald Trump and Joe Biden when you met him.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7XySd_R ... _copy_link

[jfish26]

Biden is speaking at 6:45pm CT tonight. This is it for me: if he cannot NAIL this speech, I'm probably calling for the hook.

He should challenge Trump to another debate, on this ruling and how it relates to his criminal trials and to Project 2025.

He should appeal to every single voter, excoriating (rightly) this Court as the LEAST conservative, MOST activist Court in our country's history.

And he should be ANGRY.

[zsn]

I hope some judge basically tells the SCOTUS to pound sand on the grounds that it they are not going to follow the law (s)he is not. Use the Aileen Cannon MO - “Make me”

[Sparko]

Demand the resignations of the six. They are essentially done anyway. They have ceded power to dictators

[ousdahl]

[Overlander]

Demand the resignations of the six. They are essentially done anyway. They have ceded power to dictators

Ok, so WHO demands thier resignation?

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

Demand the resignations of the six. They are essentially done anyway. They have ceded power to dictators

Ok, so WHO demands thier resignation?

Probably not the January 6th folks.
But..... If there was similar performance - by much different people - to a greater extreme - what if any bearing MIGHT it have?
While I doubt it will get to that point, I admit I am a bit concerned that it could/might happen one day in the not too distant future.

[jfish26]

Demand the resignations of the six. They are essentially done anyway. They have ceded power to dictators

Ok, so WHO demands thier resignation?

Probably not the January 6th folks.
But..... If there was similar performance - by much different people - to a greater extreme - what if any bearing MIGHT it have?
While I doubt it will get to that point, I admit I am a bit concerned that it could/might happen one day in the not too distant future.

I mean, I’ve thought about the strategy of having the three liberals resign so that Biden can appoint three people in their 20s. But then you find yourself remembering, “oh right, if Trump wins he will simply hand-wave whomever he wants off the Court anyway, and that will somehow be cool.”

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

Ok, so WHO demands thier resignation?

Probably not the January 6th folks.
But..... If there was similar performance - by much different people - to a greater extreme - what if any bearing MIGHT it have?
While I doubt it will get to that point, I admit I am a bit concerned that it could/might happen one day in the not too distant future.

I mean, I’ve thought about the strategy of having the three liberals resign so that Biden can appoint three people in their 20s. But then you find yourself remembering, “oh right, if Trump wins he will simply hand-wave whomever he wants off the Court anyway, and that will somehow be cool.”

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

Thanks Joe!?!?!? I know, I know, not his fault.

Read the last sentence.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/03/business ... index.html

[jfish26]

Thanks Joe!?!?!? I know, I know, not his fault.

Read the last sentence.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/03/business ... index.html

How about this one, from the press release:

Bob's Stores ("Bob's"), a subsidiary of GoDigital Media Group, announced that the company will close all of it's Bob's locations and liquidate all inventory, as part of the Chapter 11 restructuring petition filed on June 18, 2024.

And:

https://projects.propublica.org/coronav ... igital&v=1

[KUTradition]

another part of the equation is the continued and expanded use of delivery…via amazon or walmart or doordash

brick and mortar businesses across the board continue to struggle with this, exacerbated by covid

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

Thanks Joe!?!?!? I know, I know, not his fault.

Read the last sentence.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/03/business ... index.html

How about this one, from the press release:

Bob's Stores ("Bob's"), a subsidiary of GoDigital Media Group, announced that the company will close all of it's Bob's locations and liquidate all inventory, as part of the Chapter 11 restructuring petition filed on June 18, 2024.

And:

https://projects.propublica.org/coronav ... igital&v=1

First thing I saw when I clicked on that link was....

Our systems have detected unusual traffic coming from your internet connection. To continue using our site, please complete the security check below.

Most of our data is available for bulk download in our Data Store. The majority of the data sets there are free. Sometimes, we charge a small fee to help defray our costs. You can also contact us if the data you want isn’t available. (Really! Just ask!)

I'm at work. I'm not going to complete their security check on our company wi-fi. Will check it out when I get home.

[jfish26]

Thanks Joe!?!?!? I know, I know, not his fault.

Read the last sentence.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/03/business ... index.html

How about this one, from the press release:

Bob's Stores ("Bob's"), a subsidiary of GoDigital Media Group, announced that the company will close all of it's Bob's locations and liquidate all inventory, as part of the Chapter 11 restructuring petition filed on June 18, 2024.

And:

https://projects.propublica.org/coronav ... igital&v=1

First thing I saw when I clicked on that link was....

Our systems have detected unusual traffic coming from your internet connection. To continue using our site, please complete the security check below.

Most of our data is available for bulk download in our Data Store. The majority of the data sets there are free. Sometimes, we charge a small fee to help defray our costs. You can also contact us if the data you want isn’t available. (Really! Just ask!)

I'm at work. I'm not going to complete their security check on our company wi-fi. Will check it out when I get home.

It's just the standard "does your mouse move by a human hand" captcha.

ETA: The company selling Bob's took $1mm of your and my money during Covid.

[twocoach]

Ok, so WHO demands thier resignation?

Probably not the January 6th folks.
But..... If there was similar performance - by much different people - to a greater extreme - what if any bearing MIGHT it have?
While I doubt it will get to that point, I admit I am a bit concerned that it could/might happen one day in the not too distant future.

I mean, I’ve thought about the strategy of having the three liberals resign so that Biden can appoint three people in their 20s. But then you find yourself remembering, “oh right, if Trump wins he will simply hand-wave whomever he wants off the Court anyway, and that will somehow be cool.”

There is no mechanism that allows Trump to do that. I get everyone is freaked out by the Supreme Court's recent ruling but it doesn't mean that the President can literally do anything. The ruling makes a President much more powerful but it doesn't turn him into a damn wizard. Let's not lose our minds.

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

Probably not the January 6th folks.
But..... If there was similar performance - by much different people - to a greater extreme - what if any bearing MIGHT it have?
While I doubt it will get to that point, I admit I am a bit concerned that it could/might happen one day in the not too distant future.

I mean, I’ve thought about the strategy of having the three liberals resign so that Biden can appoint three people in their 20s. But then you find yourself remembering, “oh right, if Trump wins he will simply hand-wave whomever he wants off the Court anyway, and that will somehow be cool.”

There is no mechanism that allows Trump to do that. I get everyone is freaked out by the Supreme Court's recent ruling but it doesn't mean that the President can literally do anything. The ruling makes a President much more powerful but it doesn't turn him into a damn wizard. Let's not lose our minds.

Pick your future White House portrait.

[twocoach]

Eh, OK? I assume you're implying that Harris cannot beat Donald Trump. It is this nonsensical fear that has us in this spot where early primary voters decided that Biden was the "best chance" to beat Trump.

Do you think that suburban women are more likely to vote for Joe Biden, Donald Trump or Kamala Harris?
Do you think that African Americans are more likely to vote for Joe Biden, Donald Trump or Kamala Harris?

The whole "but she isn't very popular" is corny. Virtually anyone is better than our current choices.

[jfish26]

Probably not the January 6th folks.
But..... If there was similar performance - by much different people - to a greater extreme - what if any bearing MIGHT it have?
While I doubt it will get to that point, I admit I am a bit concerned that it could/might happen one day in the not too distant future.

I mean, I’ve thought about the strategy of having the three liberals resign so that Biden can appoint three people in their 20s. But then you find yourself remembering, “oh right, if Trump wins he will simply hand-wave whomever he wants off the Court anyway, and that will somehow be cool.”

There is no mechanism that allows Trump to do that. I get everyone is freaked out by the Supreme Court's recent ruling but it doesn't mean that the President can literally do anything. The ruling makes a President much more powerful but it doesn't turn him into a damn wizard. Let's not lose our minds.

I think this is a pretty naive view.

Can't we fairly easily list out a dozen major things you can't do, that Trump did, and got away with?

And that was BEFORE he had a pliant Court, and BEFORE he had the right (least principled) people around him.

[jfish26]

Eh, OK? I assume you're implying that Harris cannot beat Donald Trump. It is this nonsensical fear that has us in this spot where early primary voters decided that Biden was the "best chance" to beat Trump.

Do you think that suburban women are more likely to vote for Joe Biden, Donald Trump or Kamala Harris?
Do you think that African Americans are more likely to vote for Joe Biden, Donald Trump or Kamala Harris?

The whole "but she isn't very popular" is corny. Virtually anyone is better than our current choices.

My opinion is that - IF you can make it a clean break with Joe leading front and center - nearly ANY change at the top of the ticket would be a significant boost. You would be cutting the single MOST effective argument against the ticket off, right at the knees.

[twocoach]

I mean, I’ve thought about the strategy of having the three liberals resign so that Biden can appoint three people in their 20s. But then you find yourself remembering, “oh right, if Trump wins he will simply hand-wave whomever he wants off the Court anyway, and that will somehow be cool.”

There is no mechanism that allows Trump to do that. I get everyone is freaked out by the Supreme Court's recent ruling but it doesn't mean that the President can literally do anything. The ruling makes a President much more powerful but it doesn't turn him into a damn wizard. Let's not lose our minds.

I think this is a pretty naive view.

Can't we fairly easily list out a dozen major things you can't do, that Trump did, and got away with?

And that was BEFORE he had a pliant Court, and BEFORE he had the right (least principled) people around him.

Your preference may be to worry about every little thing. Mine is not. Maybe I am just talking myself into it, hoping it's true. I don't know. My mental health cannot sit here and wrong my hands over every doomsday scenario, I just can't.