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Pierre 03-11-2021 08:06
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36099806)
Not selfish & thoughtless towards others?
Or without a sense of humour, I bet you’re a scream at parties.

Maggy 03-11-2021 09:35
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Topic! Stick to it.Perhaps actually post something of merit not sidewise pokes at the elderly.

Mick 03-11-2021 10:07
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Republicans won governor race in Virginia, And New Jersey race is currently too close to call, these were places, Biden won in 2020 Presidential Election with a comfortable lead. Democrats are on course to lose House and Senate in 2022 Mid terms, these races are the first indication that voters reject U.S President Joe Biden’s Administration, also in Minneapolis, voters rejected “Defund the Police” proposal that would have seen its entire Police Department replaced by a “Public Safety body”.

Common sense prevails over stupid and idiotic Democrat policies.

http://www.cbsnews.com/amp/live-upda...or-new-jersey/

papa smurf 03-11-2021 10:13
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mick (Post 36099819)
Republicans won governor race in Virginia, And New Jersey race is currently too close to call, these were places, Biden won in 2020 Presidential Election with a comfortable lead. Democrats are on course to lose House and Senate in 2022 Mid terms, these races are the first indication that voters reject U.S President Joe Biden’s Administration, also in Minneapolis, voters rejected “Defund the Police” proposal that would have seen its entire Police Department replaced by a “Public Safety body”.

Common sense prevails over stupid and idiotic Democrat policies.

http://www.cbsnews.com/amp/live-upda...or-new-jersey/
Have they counted the "postal" votes yet.

1andrew1 03-11-2021 10:24
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 36099820)
Have they counted the "postal" votes yet.
:D

pip08456 03-11-2021 10:37
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36099674)
Was he asleep though? The Daily Mirror doesn't think so.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politi...laims-25355118

As for sitting maskless next to a 95yr old said 95yr old doesn't seem to care.

https://www.cableforum.uk/board/atta...3&d=1635935746

Mick 07-11-2021 13:11
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
This is what happens when a leader thinks he welds too much power, U.S Court blocks Biden's Covid Mandate plan, damn it must sting a little knowing all those judicial appointments under former President Donald Trump, which was said will shape the US laws & landscape for years to come.

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A US federal appeals court has temporarily halted the Biden administration’s vaccine requirement for businesses.

The 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals granted an emergency stay of the requirement that workers be vaccinated by January 4 or face mask requirements and weekly tests.

Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry said the action stops Joe Biden “from moving forward with his unlawful overreach”.

“The president will not impose medical procedures on the American people without the checks and balances afforded by the constitution,” said a statement from Mr Landry, a Republican.

The law would have imposed the vaccine mandate on those working for private companies with more than 100 employees.

Seema Nanda, the US Labour Department’s top legal adviser, said the department is “confident in its legal authority to issue the emergency temporary standard on vaccination and testing”.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has the authority “to act quickly in an emergency where the agency finds that workers are subjected to a grave danger and a new standard is necessary to protect them,” she said.

A spokesman for the Justice Department, Anthony Coley, said in a statement: “The OSHA emergency temporary standard is a critical tool to keep America’s workplaces safe as we fight our way out of this pandemic. The Justice Department will vigorously defend this rule in court.”

Such circuit decisions normally apply to states within a district – Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas, in this case – but Landry said the language employed by the judges gave the decision a national scope.

“This is a great victory for the American people out there. Never before has the federal government tried in a such a forceful way to get between the choices of an American citizen and their doctor. To me that’s the heart of the entire issue,” he said.

At least 27 states filed lawsuits challenging the rule in several circuits, some of which were made more conservative by the judicial appointments of former US President Donald Trump.
https://www.gbnews.uk/news/us-court-...te-plan/154851

Pierre 07-11-2021 15:06
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
quite right, only in very exceptional circumstances should anyone be "mandated" to be vaccinated.

No doubt there will be appeals etc.

TheDaddy 07-11-2021 15:09
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mick (Post 36100345)
This is what happens when a leader thinks he welds too much power, U.S Court blocks Biden's Covid Mandate plan, damn it must sting a little knowing all those judicial appointments under former President Donald Trump, which was said will shape the US laws & landscape for years to come.



https://www.gbnews.uk/news/us-court-...te-plan/154851
Yeah must really smart, why didn't Obama appoint more judges at all levels, his failure to do so must have resulted in more citizens becoming victims of crime as people weren't being incarcerated who should have been

Damien 08-11-2021 19:47
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mick (Post 36100345)
This is what happens when a leader thinks he welds too much power, U.S Court blocks Biden's Covid Mandate plan, damn it must sting a little knowing all those judicial appointments under former President Donald Trump, which was said will shape the US laws & landscape for years to come.
Democratic or Republican the politicisation of judges is an awful American practice I am so thankful we don't have here.

Mad Max 08-11-2021 19:53
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Ach, he's just an old fart.

Sephiroth 08-11-2021 21:31
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Damien (Post 36100494)
Democratic or Republican the politicisation of judges is an awful American practice I am so thankful we don't have here.
We nearly had a parallel here last week.

Mick 08-11-2021 22:53
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
BREAKING: Biden White House tells businesses to proceed with vaccine mandate despite A FEDERAL court-ordered pause. - CNBC

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/08/bide...urt-pause.html

Damien 08-11-2021 23:01
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sephiroth (Post 36100506)
We nearly had a parallel here last week.
That was just the standards committee right?

The proper judiciary is largely independent. Imagine if almost every judge was either a Government appointment or, as it is in some states for local districts, elected by voters! The whole thing is mad.

Sephiroth 08-11-2021 23:05
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Damien (Post 36100519)
That was just the standards committee right?

The proper judiciary is largely independent. Imagine if almost every judge was either a Government appointment or, as it is in some states for local districts, elected by voters! The whole thing is mad.
Well, the legislature sits above the judiciary in a certain sense.

Chris 08-11-2021 23:33
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sephiroth (Post 36100520)
Well, the legislature sits above the judiciary in a certain sense.
The legislature as an institution sits above the courts in every sense, in the UK at least. Parliament is sovereign and all any British court can ever do is apply its will as expressed in statute. Even 100 years of case law (“precedent”) and the most ancient common law the courts have access to can be overwritten with a single Act of Parliament, if Parliament so wishes. That’s why appointing extra-parliamentary bodies to sit in judgment of MPs is controversial.

There is no real parallel between the US Supreme Court and any British institution. The US is founded on a written constitution which is given living expression by the panel of Supreme Court justices who are all appointed by presidents and therefore likely to have political inclinations one way or another. Any presidential order and any act of congress can be tested by the Supreme Court in order to determine if it’s constitutional. The Supreme Court is therefore that country’s final legal authority.

The UK Supreme Court is simply our final court of appeal, designed primarily to hear the most significant cases, in which actions with grave consequences are tested against the most thorough reading of our unwritten constitution. And the thing about our constitution is that it really is just an arcane tangle of statutes and precedents, that Parliament can overwrite (or further tangle) at any time. In fact a UK Supreme Court judgment could be entirely undone by a single act of Parliament, if Parliament so wished. The legislature in the US can’t easily unpick US Supreme Court judgments in that way.

Mick 19-11-2021 15:01
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
BREAKING: U.S President Joe Biden will briefly transfer power to Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday (today) when he undergoes a “routine colonoscopy” at Walter Reed National Military Medical Centre, the White House has said.

As was the case when President George W. Bush had the same procedure in 2002 and 2007, and following the process set out in the Constitution, President Biden will transfer power to the Vice President for the brief period of time when he is under anaesthesia,” she said.
“The Vice President will work from her office in the West Wing during this time.”

https://www.gbnews.uk/news/biden-hea...ocedure/161288

Chris 19-11-2021 16:08
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
So I think this will be the first time in US history a woman has held full executive power?

heero_yuy 19-11-2021 17:07
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
FGS don't let her near any buttons. :eek:

Blackshep 19-11-2021 17:27
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
She'll be fine they will hire some more child actors that she can talk down too no biggie.

Carth 19-11-2021 18:07
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by heero_yuy (Post 36101897)
FGS don't let her near any buttons. :eek:
She probably hasn't got needle & cotton to sew them onto anything :D

Damien 19-11-2021 18:41
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris (Post 36101892)
So I think this will be the first time in US history a woman has held full executive power?
Must be? No other female VP in history.

Maggy 19-11-2021 22:47
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by heero_yuy (Post 36101897)
FGS don't let her near any buttons. :eek:
:bsmack:

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Carth (Post 36101903)
She probably hasn't got needle & cotton to sew them onto anything :D
:bsmack:

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Blackshep (Post 36101899)
She'll be fine they will hire some more child actors that she can talk down too no biggie.
:bsmack:

Mick 20-11-2021 13:59
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris (Post 36101892)
So I think this will be the first time in US history a woman has held full executive power?
Only major problem with this is, Harris is less popular than Joe is and his approval ratings are dire.

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com...proval-rating/

papa smurf 20-11-2021 14:41
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Seem's joe is recovering after having kamala's head removed from up his ....

Pierre 22-11-2021 22:59
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
There isn’t a Trump thread anymore, if he runs that’ll change. Feel free to move this but I thought it a perfect example of Trump alarmism that we saw all through his presidency and not applied to his successor, where Trump was vilified for everything.

Here he has been given an honourary martial arts title without ever practicing the sport and this is news! Because it’s Trump it’s an issue.

Politicians are given honourary degrees all the time without ever studying the subject of the degree.

http://news.sky.com/story/donald-tru...sport-12476023

Hugh 22-11-2021 23:43
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Others have been given this honour before, and it was reported then - do you think it shouldn’t have been reported when Trump got it?

It was reported when Obama got one…

https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/was...lack-belt.html

https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/does...71ovx0849h3o7v

http://m.worldtaekwondo.org/wtnews/view.html?nid=5389

https://www.tkdkwan.com/2019/05/pers...-honorary.html

nomadking 22-11-2021 23:53
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
It's not a question of whether or not it is reported, but more the mocking tone of the reporting only when certain people are involved.

1andrew1 23-11-2021 00:18
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36102137)
Others have been given this honour before, and it was reported then - do you think it shouldn’t have been reported when Trump got it?

It was reported when Obama got one…

https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/was...lack-belt.html

https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/does...71ovx0849h3o7v

http://m.worldtaekwondo.org/wtnews/view.html?nid=5389

https://www.tkdkwan.com/2019/05/pers...-honorary.html
It sounds like Pierre believes Trump should be given different treatment from other politicians.

papa smurf 23-11-2021 09:34
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 36102140)
It sounds like Pierre believes Trump should be given different treatment from other politicians.
like pile all your hatred on him.:shrug:

Itshim 23-11-2021 18:35
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
At least a lot of people knew trump had a screw lose. How the heck Biden fooled them is beyond me .

Blackshep 23-11-2021 21:56
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Biden the biggest racist going voted in to fix racism only in America.

Damien 23-11-2021 22:36
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Itshim (Post 36102176)
At least a lot of people knew trump had a screw lose. How the heck Biden fooled them is beyond me .
Biden doesn't have a fan club or a loyal following though. If he wasn't against Trump he would have lost. So I am not sure who he fooled.

I don't think he'll run again. The Democrats better hope not.

Chris 23-11-2021 22:49
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Biden’s appeal was that he isn’t Bernie Sanders. He was the safest possible option for a Democrat party desperate to get the rust belt back from Trump.

The game plan seems to be to try to present Kamala Harris as the obvious democrat nominee for the 2024 election. There’s no way Biden can go for a second term. I’m not convinced the party thinks it’s essential for him to complete this one.

Damien 23-11-2021 22:56
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
It'll be interesting to see who enters the race. I don't think Harris would win an open primary if the Democrats find any, half-decent, alternative. But she might become the default option if Sanders or one of the Democrats that follow him are only real alternatives.

I also would like to see the Republicans try to mount one unified candidate in opposition to Trump. There still remains some within the GOP who oppose him and would like to defeat him at the Primaries although they're declining.

Pierre 24-11-2021 09:23
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Damien (Post 36102203)
It'll be interesting to see who enters the race. I don't think Harris would win an open primary if the Democrats find any, half-decent, alternative. But she might become the default option if Sanders or one of the Democrats that follow him are only real alternatives.

I also would like to see the Republicans try to mount one unified candidate in opposition to Trump. There still remains some within the GOP who oppose him and would like to defeat him at the Primaries although they're declining.
The Republicans are still the Trump party. If he decides to run, he will easily defeat any other candidate the republicans put forward. They would have to back him, as if they split the Republican vote they both lose.

papa smurf 24-11-2021 09:29
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Will all those dead people vote for joe again?

Damien 24-11-2021 09:55
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pierre (Post 36102219)
The Republicans are still the Trump party. If he decides to run, he will easily defeat any other candidate the republicans put forward. They would have to back him, as if they split the Republican vote they both lose.
Well, they wouldn't run as an Independent. What I mean is what remains of the Republican establishment, such as Mitch McConnell, rally their resources and endorsements around one singular candidate to take Trump on in the Primaries.

It's a slim chance but if they had one candidate it's the best chance they have, working on the argument Trump lost once and is a risk when they have a clear shot at the White House. They might be able to do it if another 'Trumpian' candidate runs in the Primary as well and manages to peel off some of his vote.

This is all assuming he runs again. I don't think he liked the job of President even if he liked the kudos of being President. He spent a lot of time away from the White House, by most accounts didn't like meetings and only really campaigned in earnest towards the end of the campaign when I think it dawned on him he might lose.

Hugh 24-11-2021 10:58
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 36102222)
Will all those dead people vote for joe again?
Bless…

Blackshep 24-11-2021 14:06
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
By 2024 Trump will be too old and if he ran and got elected the Democrat's would be constantly demanding the cognitive tests they currently dislike. The next election will be a chance for the Republicans to choose a younger candidate.

Itshim 24-11-2021 18:40
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Damien (Post 36102200)
Biden doesn't have a fan club or a loyal following though. If he wasn't against Trump he would have lost. So I am not sure who he fooled.

I don't think he'll run again. The Democrats better hope not.
Given his age by the time this term is over . I would totally agree. And yes a anti trump vote , much as Boris was anti EU vote .

Hugh 05-12-2021 12:22
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
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https://www.cableforum.uk/board/atta...6&d=1638706895

papa smurf 05-12-2021 12:41
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36104380)
Well obviously no one thinks you're corrupt :)

Sephiroth 05-12-2021 12:47
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 36104381)
Well obviously no one thinks you're corrupt :)
Additional source?

papa smurf 05-12-2021 12:50
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sephiroth (Post 36104383)
Additional source?
Source for what?

Sephiroth 05-12-2021 12:51
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 36104384)
Source for what?
You asleep? Never mind.

Hugh 05-12-2021 13:17
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 36104381)
Well obviously no one thinks you're corrupt :)
You obviously have the same level of English language and grammar comprehension as the author of the posted statement…

Chris 05-12-2021 13:30
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
I see they let him have crayons on a Sunday morning.

OLD BOY 05-12-2021 13:43
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Blackshep (Post 36102249)
By 2024 Trump will be too old and if he ran and got elected the Democrat's would be constantly demanding the cognitive tests they currently dislike. The next election will be a chance for the Republicans to choose a younger candidate.
Some said he was too old when he became President.

Mr K 05-12-2021 13:52
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 36104399)
Some said he was too old when he became President.
Too old/orange/racist/criminal/corrupt/sexist, take your pick.

Be nice if both parties could choose candidates that aren't geriatrics. A young whippersnapper 50 year old, or is that too radical ?

Maggy 05-12-2021 16:21
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr K (Post 36104401)
Too old/orange/racist/criminal/corrupt/sexist, take your pick.

Be nice if both parties could choose candidates that aren't geriatrics. A young whippersnapper 50 year old, or is that too radical ?
Maybe the electorate know something we don't. Also it's not as if we have done any better with a younger bunch in government.:rolleyes:

Itshim 08-12-2021 18:48
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Voted for Trump first time round , cried when I saw the two main choices. Think that as things stand trump is shoe in ,but things change. Even democratic friends are sorry that dumb and dumber got selected . Really worried JB die in office ,Harris is providing to be a real liability.

Mr K 08-12-2021 19:02
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Itshim (Post 36104815)
Voted for Trump first time round , cried when I saw the two main choices. Think that as things stand trump is shoe in ,but things change. Even democratic friends are sorry that dumb and dumber got selected . Really worried JB die in office ,Harris is providing to be a real liability.
Really ? How is all this affecting you in the Principality? Does Harris have an anti Welsh policy? Don't blame her tbh.

Blackshep 10-12-2021 01:06
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
As long as Joe gets his nap time and tapioca everything's fine.

Maggy 10-12-2021 09:08
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
It would be nice if anyone could actually add anything of relevance to this thread such as what's happening in congress,the senate,or the white house rather than a lot of discriminatory ageist remarks.

Mick 19-12-2021 16:04
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
BREAKING: Democratic Senator, Manchin pulls support for President Joe Biden's Build back better Act

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Washington — Democratic Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia said Sunday he can no longer support President Biden's Build Back Better Act, dealing a potentially fatal blow to the $1.75 trillion tax and spending plan that includes Democrats' key domestic policy initiatives.


"I cannot vote to continue with this piece of legislation. I just can't. I've tried everything humanly possible. I can't get there," Manchin told "Fox News Sunday."

"This is a no on this piece of legislation. I have tried everything I know to do," he added, citing concerns over inflation, the national debt and the COVID-19 pandemic for his decision.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/joe-man...nkId=144920480

Because the Senate is currently tied at 50/50, with Manchin pulling his support for Biden's Act, cackling Vice President Harris cannot wade in with her tiebreaking vote, meaning GOP wins at 50/49. As it stands all GOP Senators won't support the bill.

Itshim 19-12-2021 17:40
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr K (Post 36104823)
Really ? How is all this affecting you in the Principality? Does Harris have an anti Welsh policy? Don't blame her tbh.
US and UK passport holder * . pay taxes in both . Was great having two when travelling was allowed . Out on one in on other ! Granddaughter is a US and French passport holder which was great when in EU. **
* Born UK , American father . ** American father [ my son) French mother born in France :)
Harris , just try watching her answering questions ,makes Boris sound clear and straight talking:D

Came back to my old home in Wales as family were not happy about GD going to Oxford with nearest family being South of France . Very wise given travel problems currently :mad: getting old now not not sure if l will move back again:rolleyes:

Mick 19-12-2021 18:02
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Itshim (Post 36106433)
US and UK passport holder * . pay taxes in both :
Yes, quite dumbfounded at the realisation that U.S expats whichever country they reside in, other than America, they still have to pay tax, and it’s not as if they can refuse, because U.S has the power to just take it from the foreign bank account. Quite outrageous policy for 1) U.S to tax a former citizen and 2) Country of residence allows the U.S to take money from the foreign account.

BenMcr 19-12-2021 18:07
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mick (Post 36106436)
Yes, quite dumbfounded at the realisation that U.S expats whichever country they reside in, other than America, they still have to pay tax, and it’s not as if they can refuse, because U.S has the power to just take it from the foreign bank account. Quite outrageous policy for 1) U.S to tax a former citizen and 2) Country of residence allows the U.S to take money from the foreign account.
They're not taxing former citizens, they're taxing current US citizens who live outside of the US.

A former US citizen isn't subject to the tax rules. Just ask Boris Johnson

Mick 19-12-2021 18:50
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by BenMcr (Post 36106437)
They're not taxing former citizens, they're taxing current US citizens who live outside of the US.
Thus, my point still stands. No need for the pedantry. :rolleyes:

Itshim 20-12-2021 15:32
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by BenMcr (Post 36106437)
They're not taxing former citizens, they're taxing current US citizens who live outside of the US.

A former US citizen isn't subject to the tax rules. Just ask Boris Johnson
That's life ,is not as if "we" didn't know it would happen :rolleyes:

Mick 20-01-2022 00:30
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Biden is getting really bad. He recently stated the George Floyd issue had far greater impact around the world, at solving racism issue than, wait for it, Dr Martin Luther King. Seriously wtf?



And tonight, he’s given green light for Russia do a minor incursion in to Ukraine…. Putin must be grinning like a Cheshire Cat listening to the fool tonight.

Mick 20-01-2022 12:02
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Latest: U.S Democrat Senators fail in their bid to change filibuster rules that would have paved the way to pass certain bills with a simple majority rather than had 60 vote requirement. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) were the only Democrats who voted against the rules change, No Republicans voted to support the reform, thus rendering U.S President Joe Biden’s and the Democrats ability to pass any legislation.

Damien 20-01-2022 12:52
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
America is so screwed. The two parties literally just exist to stop the other from doing anything. The Republicans will get the Senate but are unlikely to get 60 senators so the same will happen to them (although I suspect the Republicans will get rid of the filibuster if they're in the majority)

Mick 20-01-2022 19:07
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
How many times did Biden lose his train of thought here in this clip from last 24 hours?

https://twitter.com/suzseddon/status...64580011704321

Maggy 21-01-2022 09:08
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Damien (Post 36110407)
America is so screwed. The two parties literally just exist to stop the other from doing anything. The Republicans will get the Senate but are unlikely to get 60 senators so the same will happen to them (although I suspect the Republicans will get rid of the filibuster if they're in the majority)
Yep! Just another unbalanced democracy.Time to shaft a first past the post electoral voting system.

nomadking 21-01-2022 09:20
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Maggy (Post 36110501)
Yep! Just another unbalanced democracy.Time to shaft a first past the post electoral voting system.
When there are only 2 major parties?:confused:
Too many times with a proportional system, no government(Belgium for several months at a time), constantly changing government(Italy), or a government you can never vote out(Merkel).

Damien 21-01-2022 09:27
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
I think a big problem with the United States is that their own parties are increasingly hostage to a loud, angry, base of supporters who get radicalised by news outlets and social media companies who know this is profitable for them.

I think the base instinct of most of them is to compromise and be somewhat moderate but the US system is almost too democratic so any politician is beholden to a small activist base to get elected. So any Democrat or Republican who wishes to act in a bipartisan way will face a primary challenge for doing so. Some Republicans are facing primary challenges for signing off on Biden being elected President rather than overturning it.

BenMcr 21-01-2022 16:09
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Maggy (Post 36110501)
Yep! Just another unbalanced democracy.Time to shaft a first past the post electoral voting system.
The Electoral College adds a layer into the voting for the President and VP which was part of the problem in the last election.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United...ollege#Summary

Quote:
Even though the aggregate national popular vote is calculated by state officials, media organizations, and the Federal Election Commission, the people only indirectly elect the president and vice president. The president and vice president of the United States are elected by the Electoral College, which consists of 538 electors from the fifty states and Washington, D.C.

Blackshep 22-01-2022 00:02
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
There was a brilliant clip of Joe biden standing next to his wife at a podium and an ice cream van drives by in the background and off goes Joe leaving his wife standing there. He is very clearly not cognitively healthy and is not fit for office unfortunately the only person less fit for office is his VP.

Maggy 22-01-2022 10:11
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Blackshep (Post 36110635)
There was a brilliant clip of Joe biden standing next to his wife at a podium and an ice cream van drives by in the background and off goes Joe leaving his wife standing there. He is very clearly not cognitively healthy and is not fit for office unfortunately the only person less fit for office is his VP.
Got a link for that clip?

nomadking 22-01-2022 11:21
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
He does seem to have a thing about ice cream, and he did wander off briefly.
Link

Carth 22-01-2022 11:39
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Here's the icecream van 'spoof' using footage from that link from nomadking


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WKc4OSI2eg

1andrew1 22-01-2022 11:58
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Blackshep (Post 36110635)
There was a brilliant clip of Joe biden standing next to his wife at a podium and an ice cream van drives by in the background and off goes Joe leaving his wife standing there. He is very clearly not cognitively healthy and is not fit for office unfortunately the only person less fit for office is his VP.
It's a fake video but a funny one!

Blackshep 22-01-2022 16:06
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Yeah that was the one Carry it was on another Channel I saw it and it was presented as real well that will teach me not to skim and check thing's.

nomadking 22-01-2022 16:17
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
If you search for "biden ice cream", he does seem to have a thing about it. The ice cream van audio may be fake, but the video is real. There is a reason the two things were linked.
If it had been about anyone but a Democrat, then it would've been featured widely on things like SNL.

Hugh 22-01-2022 20:01
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by nomadking (Post 36110676)
If you search for "biden ice cream", he does seem to have a thing about it. The ice cream van audio may be fake, but the video is real. There is a reason the two things were linked.
If it had been about anyone but a Democrat, then it would've been featured widely on things like SNL.
The ice-cream and (lack of) lucidity are mentioned in this SNL cold open…

Damien 26-01-2022 18:21
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Biden is going to get to pick a Supreme Court Justice before the Democrats lose Congress: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/stephen...tice-retiring/

At 83 Breyer probably didn't want to make the same mistake as Ginsburg in holding on and letting a Republican fill the seat on a bench that already has a majority of conservatives.

nomadking 27-01-2022 08:30
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Damien (Post 36111247)
Biden is going to get to pick a Supreme Court Justice before the Democrats lose Congress: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/stephen...tice-retiring/

At 83 Breyer probably didn't want to make the same mistake as Ginsburg in holding on and letting a Republican fill the seat on a bench that already has a majority of conservatives.
Anybody would think that the Us Supreme Court was all about Law, and not about personal opinions.:rolleyes:

BenMcr 27-01-2022 08:38
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
It's been political for a very long time. The more recent issue for me is that it's become more partisan in how the politics work. At one point it was possible for both sides to agree on appointments. That seems to have gone now.

But then in the US other levels of judges stand for direct election with party affiliation as do other roles in the justice system.

Damien 27-01-2022 08:50
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by nomadking (Post 36111294)
Anybody would think that the Us Supreme Court was all about Law, and not about personal opinions.:rolleyes:
I didn't say it was a good system but one which has direct political votes on appointments is inherently political.

Maggy 27-01-2022 09:19
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Who cares? At least he's not Trump.

BenMcr 27-01-2022 09:34
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Maggy (Post 36111299)
Who cares? At least he's not Trump.
The US Supreme Court may end up directly deciding whether Trump can be / is President again, along with decisions brought by states that are following his lead even at the moment.

nomadking 27-01-2022 11:04
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by BenMcr (Post 36111302)
The US Supreme Court may end up directly deciding whether Trump can be / is President again, along with decisions brought by states that are following his lead even at the moment.
Decisions should be based upon whether they are legally correct, not whether somebody likes it or not. You can't have Supreme Court matters decided based on which way "the wind is blowing".
Link

Quote:
PREJUDICE. To decide beforehand; to lean in favor of one side of a cause for some reason or other than its justice.
2. A judge ought to be without prejudice, and he cannot therefore sit in a case where he has any interest, or when a near relation is a part, or where he has been of counsel for one of the parties. Vide Judge.
3. In the civil law prejudice signifies a tort or injury; as the act of one man should never prejudice another. Dig. 60, 17, 74.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.
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Hugh 27-01-2022 11:09
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
You might want to tell that to Clarence Thomas…

https://news.yahoo.com/clarence-thom...075400177.html

nomadking 27-01-2022 11:13
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36111315)
You might want to tell that to Clarence Thomas…

https://news.yahoo.com/clarence-thom...075400177.html
That is about his wife.
How many people were killed(including an eight year old girl) by BLM protesters?

BenMcr 27-01-2022 11:17
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by nomadking (Post 36111313)
Decisions should be based upon whether they are legally correct, not whether somebody likes it or not. You can't have Supreme Court matters decided based on which way "the wind is blowing".
Link

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I don't disagree with that, but the theory of what they should do and the practise of what they're doing isn't the same.

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Quote:
Originally Posted by nomadking (Post 36111318)
That is about his wife.
How many people were killed(including an eight year old girl) by BLM protesters?
This isn't an argument about BLM, it's about the Supreme Court.

1andrew1 27-01-2022 11:17
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by nomadking (Post 36111318)
That is about his wife.
How many people were killed(including an eight year old girl) by BLM protesters?
It sounds like you must know the answer if you know the age of one of the people?

Hugh 27-01-2022 13:49
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by nomadking (Post 36111318)
That is about his wife.
How many people were killed(including an eight year old girl) by BLM protesters?
And you really believe that the only dissenting opinion wasn’t influenced by his wife, who was directly affected by the decision?

Right….

Mick 12-02-2022 12:30
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
1 Attachment(s)
This is a CNN poll…..

https://www.cableforum.uk/board/atta...1&d=1644668864

Hugh 12-02-2022 14:26
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
The headline missed out the word "strongly" - the survey showed he had 41% approval rating…

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/02/10/p...val/index.html

Quote:
The President's ratings have fallen across the board, the survey found. Just 41% approved of the way he's handling his job while 58% disapproved, a significant drop from his approval numbers in CNN polling last year. Just 36% of independents and 9% of Republicans approved. Although his approval rating still stood at 83% among Democrats, that was down from 94% late last summer. Biden also continues to have more strong detractors than he does fervent supporters: 41% of Americans disapproved strongly of his performance as President versus 15% who strongly approved.

papa smurf 12-02-2022 14:45
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mick (Post 36113223)
Not popular then.

Damien 12-02-2022 20:47
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Biden wasn't even that popular at the last election, anyone but Trump and he would have lost. He wasn't even that well-liked by the Democrats but essentially they thought he would be the right candidate against Trump since although few liked him no one really hated him.

Mr K 12-02-2022 21:03
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Damien (Post 36113239)
Biden wasn't even that popular at the last election, anyone but Trump and he would have lost. He wasn't even that well-liked by the Democrats but essentially they thought he would be the right candidate against Trump since although few liked him no one really hated him.
Homer Simpson would have won against The Donald.

Mick 25-05-2022 00:24
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
BREAKING: Approval rating for U.S President Joe Biden falls to 36%, the lowest level of his presidency, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll completed today. There is a growing shortage of Baby formula across the country and crippling gas/petrol prices are reasons currently being touted for the tanking of his popularity.

Pierre 25-05-2022 06:52
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mick (Post 36123502)
BREAKING: Approval rating for U.S President Joe Biden falls to 36%, the lowest level of his presidency, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll completed today. There is a growing shortage of Baby formula across the country and crippling gas/petrol prices are reasons currently being touted for the tanking of his popularity.
But the baby formula crisis is a Trumps fault Mick………of course.

https://www.newsweek.com/baby-formul...-usmca-1708188

jfman 25-05-2022 07:11
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
I like the fact it’s implied that despite Canada having a shortage they’d just pay more and get it sent to the US.

“Canadian Babies Lives Matter”

papa smurf 25-05-2022 07:18
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Damien (Post 36113239)
Biden wasn't even that popular at the last election, anyone but Trump and he would have lost. He wasn't even that well-liked by the Democrats but essentially they thought he would be the right candidate against Trump since although few liked him no one really hated him.
What about the grave yard votes, he did well there.

Mr K 25-05-2022 07:27
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mick (Post 36123502)
BREAKING: Approval rating for U.S President Joe Biden falls to 36%, the lowest level of his presidency, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll completed today. There is a growing shortage of Baby formula across the country and crippling gas/petrol prices are reasons currently being touted for the tanking of his popularity.
Still beats the last President's 34%....

GrimUpNorth 25-05-2022 07:32
Re: US President Joe Biden
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr K (Post 36123508)
Still beats the last President's 34%....
And our PM.


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