It’s both!
And apparently assumed that the constitution should be re-written every 17 years or so. That’s the ‘constitutional convention’ ploy, which I’m not so sure it it’s a good idea or not, at this time. smh. we’re so fecked. wait, where’s I put my optimism… it’s around here somewhere.
I did notice Altria / Phillip Morris were also in that list. :-(
Perhaps so, alas. And the rates of obesity and diabetes continue to rise. sigh.
Imagine how much plastic waste could be eliminated if we just boycotted these companies.
The Real MVP! Thank You!
suddenly crickets
I’ll take indicted co-conspirators, for all 3.
My point being that one doesn’t need a fixer, unless one does illegal things. Can we not have criminals in places of power? Soonish?
“Pecker? He was just the Chai Walla. I never even knew his name.” More popcorn please.
I was curious about a specific term:
"In a pivotal stretch of testimony, David Pecker, the longtime publisher of The National Enquirer, described a 2015 meeting with Mr. Trump and his fixer at the time, Michael D. Cohen, at Mr. Trump’s midtown Manhattan headquarters.
Fixer
Noun
2. A person who uses influence or makes arrangements for another, especially by improper or unlawful means.
The outside.
WAIT A MINUTE!!! You mean Douglas Adams was actually an LLM?
In which I learned that Helen Keller was trans…
So cars these days have anti-collision systems. One would think a million dollar boat, with millions of dollars in cargo, approaching a multimillion dollar bridge would have some sort of active sensing system to prevent a collision. That video shows the Dali strolling right into the support. It wasn’t a glancing blow, rather it was a direct hit. Either somebody f’d up big time, or major act of sabotage on US territory.
I read in another thread that lenders have an upper limit, around $100M. So #45 could easily use the $500M he claims to have to secure several loans, under that $100M limit to reach the $464M he owes. It’s Monday, let’s see how the spectacle continues.
He could have, but chose to not do so.
In case you wanted to know: From the Congressional Research Service: The Emoluments Clauses of the U.S. Constitution: https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/if/if11086