The Germans are good at ending things, aren’t they?

Anyone got a transcript? To me, using YouTube is only a step above using ex.

Great… undocumented revolving door lobbyists, who survived the collapse of the BC Liberals and are now trying to embed themselves in the Conservatives and NDP.

In the US, doctors were prescribing opioids for pain medication for decades, ignoring the addictiveness and decreased effectiveness over time.

So someone who went in for surgery or had an injury could end up hooked on their pain meds… except the meds would become less and less effective over time, requiring larger and larger doses. Until the dose passed the “legal” threshold, at which point these people switched to illegal suppliers to survive. And eventually the doses got to be so large that their bodies couldn’t handle it, and they died.

And then there’s people who got hooked on methamphetamines because they were a cheap but effective way to stay up all night and study for an exam when they were a teenager— and eventually they couldn’t function without them.

And that’s just two common examples from two drug families, ignoring things like e-cigs (person gets hooked on something they didn’t even know they were consuming), regular cigarettes, or alcohol, all of which are legal but can also be addictive and deadly.

And… that ignores the obvious: it’s possible to feel sorrow for someone’s situation without affirming their life choices.

Yup. He’s finished in politics. Time for life as an attorney. Zero experience necessary.

I don’t see how this ends well for MTG unless it’s ignored?

MTG wins: she’s just assaulted another politician who happens to be a woman.

McBride wins: MTG is humiliated and while complaining that “she’s really a man” — that will only resonate with people who already agree with MTG. Possibly the goal is to get McBride charged with assault?

So what happens when the byelection is called and the same people are elected and refuse to pledge allegiance? Another countdown timer?

It is a tricky situation where two governance structures collide. We really need to modify the constitution such that the GG replaces the Crown in all matters of state. They do all the work already anyway.

I don’t normally think of THAT as being it’s main route to notoriety, but they do still serve the cocktail. The toe gets re-used.

Note that this is “Drawn from the Bible” and not “Drawn from Jesus’ teachings.”

The first part teaches “an eye for an eye” and contains the origins of what became sharia law. Also multiple examples of how to genocide.

Hey, maybe teachers will teach children in Texas how to tie a turban or live in booths!

Ah, good. I was wondering what had happened to Dan.

I think he’s on to something; D and R tickets have been poisoned; a new worker’s movement is needed that is proudly independent and runs at municipal, state and federal levels. No need to chase POTUS — if enough independents get seats in the senate, they’ll hold the balance of power. There’s only 100 seats, and all they need to have an initial powerful voice is for both D and R to have fewer than 49 of those. At that point, the independents effectively decide what bills get passed and what bills get defeated.

That’s the way to weaponize incompetence.

He’d be the ambassador to Russia.

I’m wondering about Hulk Hogan though.

To paraphrase Vizzini:

“Wait until they get going! Now where were they?”

It all came from SNL and the characters they played on there.

Is this a follow-up to my observation about appointments potentially terminating well before Trump is even sworn in?

I think we landed on using negative mooches.

Wouldn’t it be interesting if they were able to crater the entire operation before he even takes office?

What would that do to measuring in Scaramuccis, if his entire slate is fired months before he can officially hire them?

They both somehow fit the situation.

He’s run a good grift living on other people’s money.

I’ve got “Hotel California” and “San Francisco” battling it out in my head now.

Not really; he matches the description of one of the minor henchmen that precedes The Beast.