Random Political Discussion

[Yvonne Smith]

Wasn’t there talk about a Canadian province potentially leaving? How about a swap?

That is an excellent idea ! I think it was Alberta that wanted to leave Canada, and they are the Canadian province that has all of the oil !

 

[John Brunner]

I'm more worried about the smugness, the certainly, about it all. On the one hand they point out how modern cultural mores, post-modernist sympathies, and law changes over the past 60 years have opened up political access and even advantage while on the other hand their amusement at success in turning the tables and staging a perfectly legal (in their eyes, right and proper) coup against the ethnic and religious majority of the US.

It is taking place in a very "slowly boil the frog" manner. The UK seems to have merely reached a more :in your face" stage already.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2057065885949481336

 

[Beth Gallagher]

Is anyone else surprised by all the Trump-endorsed candidates winning their primaries? I was a bit disappointed that the Trump-endorsed Ken Paxton won the Texas republican primary unseating John Cornyn.

I know a lot of people consider Cornyn a "RINO," but I thought he was an effective politician. He still had a mind of his own and was not in "party lock-step." I'm sorry that Paxton won; I consider him a person of low moral character and a bit shady, but I suppose that's the political MO. A lot of people don't believe Paxton can beat the democrat's rising star and nutjob Talarico (a professed Christian who believes there are 6 sexes. )

 

[Ken Anderson]

Like the Democrats, it seems like Trump is moving towards the practice of tossing someone to the curb if they dare disagree with him on anything that matters to him.

 

[Beth Gallagher]

Sad to report that Chip Roy lost his bid for Texas Attorney General. I hope he will remain in politics at some level. Statement from Roy... "“I have the second-highest score of any member of Congress in terms of fidelity to the Republican platform, and alignment with President Trump,” Roy told supporters at Blanco BBQ in March. “But I unapologetically have stood up when I disagree with the President because it is my job to do it … and you need people willing to do it.”

 

[John Brunner]

Is anyone else surprised by all the Trump-endorsed candidates winning their primaries? I was a bit disappointed that the Trump-endorsed Ken Paxton won the Texas republican primary unseating John Cornyn.

I know a lot of people consider Cornyn a "RINO," but I thought he was an effective politician. He still had a mind of his own and was not in "party lock-step." I'm sorry that Paxton won; I consider him a person of low moral character and a bit shady, but I suppose that's the political MO. A lot of people don't believe Paxton can beat the democrat's rising star and nutjob Talirico (a professed Christian who believes there are 6 sexes. )

I was gonna ask what you thought of the outcome. I was a little surprised that Trump's support was not the kiss of death, based upon media rhetoric. I still maintain that the ginned-up hatred for Trump is because he is a disruptor of bilateral corruption.

I'm not sure how I feel about the direction things are going. There is frustration with the Do Nothing Party, so the pendulum may swing. I would like to see the SCOTUS ruling that gutted the Enumerated Powers clause overturned, Then, the idiots in DC would hold less sway over us, and the scope of corruption would be narrowed. "Do Nothing" is a good state of being for politicians, as long as both sides are (or are not) doing (or not doing) it.

 

[John Brunner]

Like the Democrats, it seems like Trump is moving towards the practice tossing someone to the curb if they dare disagree with him on anything that matters to him.

Yup. So then it comes down to whose motives you trust most (or distrust the least.)

 

[Ken Anderson]

I didn't have a high opinion of Cornyn but I liked Chip Roy, from what little I knew of either.

 

[Ken Anderson]

Talarico's ad stating that our borders should be like our front doors, with a big welcome mat in front misses the part about the double-locks on the door.

 

[Marie Miller]

Talarico's ad stating that our borders should be like our front doors, with a big welcome mat in front misses the part about the double-locks on the door.

As an immigrant I can tell you it was tedious, pricey and took a while - back in the day.

 

[Beth Gallagher]

Pam Bondi was diagnosed with thyroid cancer shortly after President Trump removed her as attorney general, according to a report Tuesday.

Bondi, 60, underwent treatment for the disease and is recovering, according to Axios.

 

[Yvonne Smith]

They are talking about the airports who are not working with ICE possibly being shut down if they still refuse to cooperate. From what I read, if the airports do not allow ICE, then the government will stop their screening of passengers, which will close the airport.
We are talking the ten largest airports in the United States, or at least some of the most important ones, if this happens.

Now that school is getting out and people will be coming and going for vacations, plus the usual business travel, having these airports shut down will be a major problem, once which the airlines can’t allow to happen, so I think they will be talking with the heads of the airports to allow ICE to do their job.
Here is the list of airports who have refused to cooperate with ICE.:

el JFK - New York City's primary international gateway → customs processing ENDED
e LaGuardia - New York → international arrivals rerouted el Newark - New Jersey → 5th busiest cargo hub in the US →SHUT for customs
EI LAX - Los Angeles → 2nd busiest international airport inAmerica → OFFLINE
el O'Hare - Chicago → one of the largest cargo airports on Earth→ GONE
El SFO — San Francisco → Silicon Valley's global gateway → customs ENDED

• SEA — Seattle → Pacific Rim trade hub → SHUT
• Logan - Boston → New England's only major international port→ OFFLINE
• I PHL -Philadelphia → GONE
• I PDX - Portland → GONE
• I DEN — Denver → the hub connecting the entire Mountain West to international routes → SHUT

 

[John Brunner]

They are talking about the airports who are not working with ICE possibly being shut down if they still refuse to cooperate. From what I read, if the airports do not allow ICE, then the government will stop their screening of passengers, which will close the airport.
We are talking the ten largest airports in the United States, or at least some of the most important ones, if this happens.

Now that school is getting out and people will be coming and going for vacations, plus the usual business travel, having these airports shut down will be a major problem, once which the airlines can’t allow to happen, so I think they will be talking with the heads of the airports to allow ICE to do their job.
Here is the list of airports who have refused to cooperate with ICE.:

el JFK - New York City's primary international gateway → customs processing ENDED
e LaGuardia - New York → international arrivals rerouted el Newark - New Jersey → 5th busiest cargo hub in the US →SHUT for customs
EI LAX - Los Angeles → 2nd busiest international airport inAmerica → OFFLINE
el O'Hare - Chicago → one of the largest cargo airports on Earth→ GONE
El SFO — San Francisco → Silicon Valley's global gateway → customs ENDED

• SEA — Seattle → Pacific Rim trade hub → SHUT
• Logan - Boston → New England's only major international port→ OFFLINE
• I PHL -Philadelphia → GONE
• I PDX - Portland → GONE
• I DEN — Denver → the hub connecting the entire Mountain West to international routes → SHUT

I read that the Fed would stop processing Customs stuff through those airports as an off-shoot to banning international flights, not that they would close the airports down entirely. The leverage would be the local economic impact ending the Customs processing would have.