Trump v Biden 2020,The insurrection (pt 6) Read OP

Professor Moriarty

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

I thought i could just swan in and post my joke without criticism but now I have to duck from the abuse and I fear my goose is cooked.

That's what you get for crowing about it.

ohnonotgmail

duploelabs wrote: »

I always take what Seth Abramson has to say with a pinch of salt as he tends to be a bit sensationalist.
That said, to theorize, could the Assange ruling have something to do with trump's suspected move to Scotland?

I've never found seth to be sensationalist. he always quotes his sources. The tweet is just a link to a newspaper article.

duploelabs

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

I thought i could just swan in and post my joke without criticism but now I have to duck from the abuse and I fear my goose is cooked.

Would you two stop clucking away with your puns as you might find some posters robin them

Professor Moriarty

duploelabs wrote: »

Would you two stop clucking away with your puns as you might find some posters robin them

Yes, let's get back to talking about Seth's tweets.

Ted_YNWA

Professor Moriarty wrote: »

Yes, let's get back to talking about Seth's tweets.

Mod
Eggs-actly, can we leave it to the tweets for all the subtle 'bird' references.


And back on topic ....

For Forks Sake

And now I have to go to hospital because my eyes have rolled to the back of my skull are are refusing to come back.

Quin_Dub

Overheal wrote: »

Actually, expect him to announce his candidacy immediately or preceding noon on January 20, he thinks being a candidate will give him certain protections from prosecution. Don't think it works like that, but it will give him a political narrative gullible followers will accept to oppose his prosecution.

Actually - The main reason he will absolutely do it is so that he can keep fund-raising.

If he doesn't announce, he has to shutter the PAC's

He can keep gathering up cash from his gullible supporters and use it to fund the multitude of lawsuits he will be facing and when he eventually "decides" not to run he doesn't have to give the cash back to anyone.


Same reason he announced his 2020 campaign the day after inauguration - It's ALL about the cash.

FishOnABike

Overheal wrote: »

All of this on just the one call we knew about...

https://twitter.com/christinalesyk/status/1346136404288483330?s=21

We'll his schedule did say that "he will work from early in the morning to late in the evening. He will make many calls..."

HalloweenJack

The prospect of Trump fleeing the country as the new guy takes over out of fear of repercussions sounds exactly like how dictatorships end when the people have had enough. Either that or they are killed. Says a lot about his personality and who he can be compared to.

Of course, this could just be more nonsense to distract.

Cody montana

HalloweenJack wrote: »

The prospect of Trump fleeing the country as the new guy takes over out of fear of repercussions sounds exactly like how dictatorships end when the people have had enough. Either that or they are killed. Says a lot about his personality and who he can be compared to.

Of course, this could just be more nonsense to distract.

Shocked he isn’t flying to South America.

Are flights not banned to Scotland?

everlast75

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

Trump possibly planning to head to scotland on jan 19th

https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/1346170270982283273

Did Sturgeon not introduce a ban on flights into and out of Scotland?

ohnonotgmail

Cody montana wrote: »

Shocked he isn’t flying to South America.

Are flights not banned to Scotland?

the rules dont apply to donald.

Quin_Dub

everlast75 wrote: »

Did Sturgeon not introduce a ban on flights into and out of Scotland?

Whilst I doubt it's actually him I would assume that "Military" flights are subject to different rules to standard commercial flights

Timberrrrrrrr

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

I thought i could just swan in and post my joke without criticism but now I have to duck from the abuse and I fear my goose is cooked.

You sir are a tit.

everlast75

I nice little reminder....

https://twitter.com/davidaxelrod/status/1346282852565061633?s=20

eeepaulo

what time can we expect an idea of the georgia results?

will cnn have a big map again?

timsey tiger

eeepaulo wrote: »

what time can we expect an idea of the georgia results?

will cnn have a big map again?

It will be a little map, but a lot closer.

Quin_Dub

eeepaulo wrote: »

what time can we expect an idea of the georgia results?

will cnn have a big map again?

what we'll likely have is something very similar to the November count.

1st indicators will be early morning tomorrow our time - They will probably show a GOP lead as at that point they will have only really counted the in-person votes , then during the day we'll almost certainly see that gap close steadily with the Democrat candidates getting increasingly larger shares of the vote at each update as a larger and larger proportion of the count comes from mail-in/early ballots.

This will send Trump and his allies off the deep-end , screaming about how "It's being stolen again!!"

Of course , it won't be being stolen , it's just how the counts go under the rules enforced by the Republicans themselves.

After the November results I would have said that the GOP were the favourites to hold the seats as the vote then was really an anti-Trump vote rather than an anti-GOP vote.

Now though , with all that has gone on over the last few weeks the Democrats have a real shot here , but it will be razor thin either way.

No matter what happens though , there will be recounts and there will be court cases.

The new Senators from the Georgia will not be taking their seats in Washington for some time to come yet.

Quin_Dub

Quin_Dub wrote: »

what we'll likely have is something very similar to the November count.

1st indicators will be early morning tomorrow our time - They will probably show a GOP lead as at that point they will have only really counted the in-person votes , then during the day we'll almost certainly see that gap close steadily with the Democrat candidates getting increasingly larger shares of the vote at each update as a larger and larger proportion of the count comes from mail-in/early ballots.

This will send Trump and his allies off the deep-end , screaming about how "It's being stolen again!!"

Of course , it won't be being stolen , it's just how the counts go under the rules enforced by the Republicans themselves.

After the November results I would have said that the GOP were the favourites to hold the seats as the vote then was really an anti-Trump vote rather than an anti-GOP vote.

Now though , with all that has gone on over the last few weeks the Democrats have a real shot here , but it will be razor thin either way.

No matter what happens though , there will be recounts and there will be court cases.

The new Senators from the Georgia will not be taking their seats in Washington for some time to come yet.

This just prompted a thought.

Let's imagine a scenario where the Democrats win both seats in a very narrow result - Perdue/Loeffler pursue legal challenges and recounts etc. meaning that the two Democrats cannot be sworn in until the challenges are resolved.

Al Franken back in 2008 didn't take up his seat for 6 months or more while they went through all the legal challenges.

In that scenario , the GOP would have a 50-48 lead in the Senate - Does that mean that McConnell would remain as Majority leader potentially for a few weeks/months longer until such time as the results are finally confirmed?

Even in losing the GOP could stymie Biden trying to confirm his cabinet if McConnell got to keep control for a few weeks after the Inauguration while they exhaust the court case angle.

ohnonotgmail

Quin_Dub wrote: »

This just prompted a thought.

Let's imagine a scenario where the Democrats win both seats in a very narrow result - Perdue/Loeffler pursue legal challenges and recounts etc. meaning that the two Democrats cannot be sworn in until the challenges are resolved.

Al Franken back in 2008 didn't take up his seat for 6 months or more while they went through all the legal challenges.

In that scenario , the GOP would have a 50-48 lead in the Senate - Does that mean that McConnell would remain as Majority leader potentially for a few weeks/months longer until such time as the results are finally confirmed?

Even in losing the GOP could stymie Biden trying to confirm his cabinet if McConnell got to keep control for a few weeks after the Inauguration while they exhaust the court case angle.

it would do that but it would have no practical effect. Trump has had unconfirmed cabinet members throughout his presidency.

Quin_Dub

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

it would do that but it would have no practical effect. Trump has had unconfirmed cabinet members throughout his presidency.

Not sure on that - I know that Trump was able to put in place these "acting" roles , but they were as temporary replacements to previously confirmed office holders. Not sure if Biden could do the same thing with the 1st nominee

everlast75

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

the rules dont apply to donald.

Quin_Dub wrote: »

Whilst I doubt it's actually him I would assume that "Military" flights are subject to different rules to standard commercial flights

https://twitter.com/Independent/status/1346464184079245313?s=20

ohnonotgmail

Quin_Dub wrote: »

Not sure on that - I know that Trump was able to put in place these "acting" roles , but they were as temporary replacements to previously confirmed office holders. Not sure if Biden could do the same thing with the 1st nominee

The first appointments are more likely to acting secretaries than any others. Senate confirmation of the entire cabinet doesn't take place on the presidents first day in office.

Ah jaysus. Plan B could be Doonbeg.

VinLieger

Cruz Stocky Steak wrote: »

Ah jaysus. Plan B could be Doonbeg.

No way MM will have the balls to stand up to him

Leroy42

VinLieger wrote: »

No way MM will have the balls to stand up to him

Stand up to him? The man will have zero power at that stage, there is no benefit whatsoever to MM to let him come.

Golf courses are currently closed anyway

everlast75

https://twitter.com/travisakers/status/1346475157716520963?s=19

ohnonotgmail

everlast75 wrote: »

https://twitter.com/travisakers/status/1346475157716520963?s=19

What a coward Pence is.

VinLieger

Leroy42 wrote: »

Stand up to him? The man will have zero power at that stage, there is no benefit whatsoever to MM to let him come.

Golf courses are currently closed anyway

And im saying still MM does not have the balls to stand up to him unlike Nicola Sturgeon. Its not about benefit its about MM's absolute lack of a spine.

sydthebeat

Expect some "self isolating" covid excuse