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  • Brexit: patriotic ways to cut your costs – from buying seasonal British produce to boycotting Amazon

    09/14/2019 8:00:33 AM PDT · 19 of 21
    dajeeps to Berlin_Freeper

    At least they are not being forced to boycott Amazon...

    I don’t understand British politics much, and even less so lately, thus have refrained from commenting on Brexit until now. I do find it amusing that the very parliamentarians campaigning for endless foot-dragging after the EU final offer of a deal would have trapped them in the EU sphere without having any representation are nervy enough to call themselves (small ‘d’) democrats. 52% to 48% to leave isn’t a landslide, but it is a pretty comfortable margin of victory. If that final EU deal was unacceptable, and since there are no provisions in the treaty for extensions to Article 50, thus no legal ground to stand on in that respect, there is only one other way to respect the vote - and it isn’t to make them vote until the people give the right answer.

  • Chief Justice John Roberts Joins the Liberals to Block Trump Asylum Restriction in 5–4 Decision

    12/22/2018 8:19:15 PM PST · 85 of 85
    dajeeps to DesScorp
    Before taking out the figurative “hatchet” I did some digging through this to see if I can understand what’s going on here.

    In the proclamation that Trump signed, it says that aliens entering the US unlawfully through the southern border, rather than though a port of entry, will be ineligible to be granted asylum pursuant to a regulation promulgated by the Attorney General and Secretary of Homeland Security, but may be eligible for other forms of protection from prosecution and torture if they enter through a port of entry.

    INA Paragraph 1:
    Sec. 208. (a) Authority to Apply for Asylum.-
    (1) In general. - Any alien who is physically present in the United States or who arrives in the United States (whether or not at a designated port of arrival and including an alien who is brought to the United States after having been interdicted in international or United States waters), irrespective of such alien's status, may apply for asylum in accordance with this section or, where applicable, section 235(b).
    Paragraph 2(C)
    (C) Additional limitations. - The Attorney General may by regulation establish additional limitations and conditions, consistent with this section, under which an alien shall be ineligible for asylum under paragraph (1).

    The court decision says, among other things:
    “… Examining the validity of the rule, the panel concluded that the Rule is not likely to be found in accordance with 8 U.S.C. §1158(a)(1).That section provides that “[a]ny alien who is physically present in the United States or who arrives in the United States (whether or not at a designated port of arrival...), irrespective of such alien’s status, may apply for asylum in accordance with this section.”
    “The panel noted that, rather than restricting who may apply for asylum, the rule of decision facially conditions only who is eligible to receive asylum. The panel observed that 8 U.S.C. § 1158(b)(2)(C) grants the Attorney General the power to set “additional limitations and conditions” beyond those listed in §1158(b)(2)(A) on when an alien will be “ineligible for asylum,” but only when “consistent” with the section. Despite his facial invocation of § 1158(b)(2)(C), the panel concluded that the Attorney General’s rule of decision is inconsistent with § 1158(a)(1), explaining that it is the hollowest of rights that an alien must be allowed to apply for asylum regardless of whether she arrived through a port of entry if another rule makes her categorically ineligible for asylum based on precisely that fact…”


    I think what happened here is that Trump’s order rendered people who crossed the border illegally ineligible to be granted asylum – period – even if they subsequently went to a port of entry to apply, which probably isn’t consistent with 8 U.S.C. §1158(a)(1), and the courts tagged him on it.

    I’m not here to defend Roberts even if it appears that way. But it is important to be aware of and address where the real problem lies; and it appears, to me at least, that the law providing for an asylum claim with very few limitations is somewhat problematic and is causing the chaos down south. I would guess that if illegal immigration is a real problem in your mind, the reason people can come here, however it is they come, and end up sticking around is right here in 8 U.S.C. §1158(a)(1).
  • Trump administration pushes back on report Trump could fire Fed chairman

    12/22/2018 5:34:05 PM PST · 13 of 19
    dajeeps to DoodleDawg
    Trump can no more fire Powell than he can fire a judge he appointed and whose rulings he doesn't approve of. Powell is in there for his four year term as Fed chair unless impeached.

    12 USC §242 – Ineligibility to hold office in member banks; qualifications and terms of office of members; chairman and vice chairman; oath of office:

    Upon the expiration of the term of any appointive member of the Federal Reserve Board in office on August 23, 1935, the President shall fix the term of the successor to such member at not to exceed fourteen years, as designated by the President at the time of nomination, but in such manner as to provide for the expiration of the term of not more than one member in any two-year period, and thereafter each member shall hold office for a term of fourteen years from the expiration of the term of his predecessor, unless sooner removed for cause by the President…
  • Incoming GOP lawmaker pens op-ed knocking Trump over Syria withdrawal(Crenshaw)

    12/22/2018 4:59:45 PM PST · 30 of 56
    dajeeps to Sarah Barracuda

    My concern about pulling our troops out of Syria is in regard to the Kurds in the north and what might happen to them when we leave. Part of the strength of ISIS in Syria was from somewhat of a proxy status for Turkey who traded with them, armed them, and simply watched as the carnage in Kobane unfolded. Now that ISIS has been marginalized, Erdogan is openly threatening them militarily, and it feels wrong for us to leave knowing what the Turks are likely to do to them.

  • Let's Be Clear, The Car-Ramming Incident was not "Terrorism."

    08/13/2017 6:17:54 AM PDT · 89 of 120
    dajeeps to Greetings_Puny_Humans

    I don’t know why the driver did what he did. Some have suggested that he was being menaced by some people in the crowd as he was driving by. The available video evidence doesn’t show what happened concerning the vehicle prior to it speeding into the crowd.

    On no uncertain terms, however, does anything that happened leading up to the incident justify the what the video evidence that I did see shows. Yes, there were some people in the crowd armed with sticks and bats and possibly other things. But there were many more unarmed, carrying flags or simply chanting who were also run down in this indiscriminate act.

    I don’t see why this should have larger meaning to me or conservatives or anyone even slightly sympathetic toward the protest who are rational and do not condone political violence, beyond grief for the innocent people who were killed or injured during the totality of the protest event. People on either side of the divide who somehow feel justified in hurting others for what they believe are not my consorts, my friends, nor people I feel any affection toward or affinity with. They are not my fellow countrymen.

    It’s true that there is a lot of injustice in our world, and yes, this event is something that the unscrupulous political elements of our society will try to use to quell dissent. We cannot combat that by attempting to rationalize what the driver of that car did. We should express our heartfelt grief for all of the innocent victims from the protest and resist their attempts to paint us all with the same broad brush by banding together speaking loud and clear in one voice that what happened at the protest has nothing to do with us.

  • This may be the time for that divorce

    11/18/2012 8:04:57 PM PST · 13 of 32
    dajeeps to campg

    I don’t think secession is the answer because there are liberals everywhere. They will come, vote for liberal stuff, get sticker shock when they have to pay for it and move like they do now between different states. And it is a bit drastic when we haven’t tried nullification, where a State stands up for its sovereignty within the Union. We have to stop voting for state politicians who are chicken and won’t stand up and just say no to Uncle Sam.

  • Obama dominates Romney in Russian opinion poll

    10/31/2012 7:55:57 AM PDT · 5 of 22
    dajeeps to TigerClaws

    “a whopping 41 per cent of respondents said they want to see President Obama voted back into the White House”

    If they like him so much, why don’t they just take him off our hands? I’d be happy to pitch in for the shipping.

  • Romney Video

    09/04/2012 4:59:19 AM PDT · 10 of 12
    dajeeps to nikos1121

    I this kind of stuff is good. It’s important to restore respectability and leadership to the office. I think, however, that there might be too much emphasis on the Romneys’ personally. They are great people. I have nothing against them, but this election isn’t about them, at least in my mind. The election is about us, our future, and that of posterity. I was really disappointed in Romney’s acceptance speech because he didn’t talk that much about the problems and the solutions, but about himself for more than half of it. It’s true, he’s no Ronald Reagan, but he could at least take a queue from how he approached both his election and the office - with humility and common sense, free market principles.

  • MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell: Paul Ryan “not a pick for women”

    08/12/2012 4:13:55 PM PDT · 54 of 66
    dajeeps to SeekAndFind

    Romney/Ryan better for just about everyone than the bankruptcy ticket of Obama/Biden. And this thing about women is a stupid thing to say because I’m a woman and the government has done zilch for me. Does Andrea assume that all women need WIC etc? How insulting.

  • Is it time to simply outlaw marriage and just start over with something more fair and equal?

    08/08/2012 7:28:41 AM PDT · 5 of 38
    dajeeps to sickoflibs

    I think the better approach would be to flatten the tax code, stop trying to manipulate people with it, and get government out of the business of marriage regulation. It makes a mess out of everything else it touches, and so seems like the more fitting thing to have marriage be the very personal and spiritual thing it was intended to be instead of the very public thing to be mocked by social deviants that it has become.

  • The Coming Surge for New Jobless Claims

    08/08/2012 7:20:39 AM PDT · 4 of 12
    dajeeps to SeekAndFind

    We need to stop the insanity of central planning in energy as a first priority to allow markets to provide a broader range of transportation fuels and consumer choice choice based on price sensitivity. At the very least, we need to break down regulatory barriers to affordable conversion of existing gasoline powered vehicles to CNG hybrids... or anything else that would allow us to escape the very real economic damage from being locked into gasoline by the regulatory structure.

  • 54.5 MPG and The Law of Unintended Consequences

    08/08/2012 7:03:28 AM PDT · 43 of 100
    dajeeps to Kaslin

    I agree with this article completely. I would add, however, that a larger portion of the problem is higher up the food chain at regulation of energy and association with environmental protection. It inhibits free market choice of fuel options for transportation, locking us into government’s choice of fuel, leading to politically motivated and incoherent regulatory actions such as these in addition to economic issues rising from neglect of serious supply issues regarding the choice fuel. It’s a central planning nightmare that puts us all in the poorhouse, if we survive long enough to get there.

  • Our Odds of Beating Obama Are Better By Dumping Mitt in a Brokered Convention

    08/02/2012 8:28:26 PM PDT · 22 of 131
    dajeeps to rightjb

    No thanks. Don’t need the negativity and Republicans beating each other up two months before the election as it would be a great way to do the typical Republican thing of pulling defeat out of the jaws of victory. Romney is not my preferred candidate, but I can say that Obama is even farther from that description. Even my cat would be a better President than Obama, and so I am far more willing to give Romney a chance than risk having more of Mr. Awesomely-terrible.

  • Supreme Court Health Care Decision Energizes Republicans, Tea Party

    06/30/2012 10:06:33 PM PDT · 2 of 12
    dajeeps to Marcus
    Too bad not energizing it for the Judicial Reform Act of 1802 2013.
  • The Case for John Roberts

    06/29/2012 9:26:48 PM PDT · 34 of 190
    dajeeps to Ernest_at_the_Beach

    Why are they circling the wagons around Roberts trying to make the same kind of subversive judgements made from the court in the past into something that it isn’t. We should just be proud it was a conservative doing it instead of a liberal??

    Thomas Jefferson said Roberts is wrong in his dissent on the Bank of the United States. In it he said that the general powers must be construed so that they give meaning to the rest of the document, otherwise there would be no purpose for enumerated powers, and the 10th amendment would have no meaning. The government cannot just tax for the heck of it. It taxes to pay the debts which can only be incurred by exercising enumerated powers. It means that if ObamaCare is an invalid exercise under the commerce power there are no debts that can be legally incurred by it or a tax imposed for which to pay them.

  • JUSTICE ROBERTS, THE MOST HATED MAN IN AMERICA

    06/29/2012 10:07:38 AM PDT · 14 of 93
    dajeeps to Red Badger

    What is the point of having enumerated powers of congress if everything that fall outside of that is going to be herded into the taxing power as a catch-all by treacherous cowards? If you ask me, Roberts implicitly overruled Marbury vs. Madison and there will no stopping government now short of nullification, disobedience or revolution.

  • Awake.

    06/29/2012 9:37:43 AM PDT · 5 of 20
    dajeeps to Signalman

    This is the guy who tried to spin Roberts treachery into some plan of political genius to hand us a momentary window of expediency. Forget reviving and preserving constitutional limits on government for the safety of our kids and grand kids. Really what’s going to happen to them when the next, smarter and more effective Obama comes along? We are even more done after the Roberts sellout than we were we started. It just hasn’t caught up to us yet.

  • Will President Obama's Re-election Doom Fracking?

    06/26/2012 7:17:06 PM PDT · 10 of 15
    dajeeps to raptor22

    I’ll worry about Obama being re-elected when it happens. For now, I’m much happier believing that the odds are against it.

  • Obama: U.S. needs 'bottom-up economics'

    06/22/2012 8:37:56 PM PDT · 18 of 35
    dajeeps to Free ThinkerNY

    Where have we heard this before?

    How’s that Hope and Change Workin’ Out for You?
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=OvawHUvpvWc

  • The Conservative Case For Single Payer Health Care (Its the Competitiveness, Stupid)

    06/16/2012 8:27:53 PM PDT · 26 of 58
    dajeeps to goldstategop

    Nothing is ever more expensive than when it’s free and we have way too much debt to be able to afford it. Just look at what’s happening in Europe and then say it’s a good idea.