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Something I've noted several times is that, while most of us agree it's important to be informed about Canadian politics and to be an engaged citizen, the fact is that Canadian politics are generally pretty boring (this can be a good thing, IMO). The Americans, on the other hand, have turned the dysfunction of their political system into an entertainment industry (although it appears Harper, et al., are determined to reduce the Canadian system to the same level).

So I thought I'd start a thread for discussion of the Reality TV show they call American Politics.

I'll start with this posting I saw on another forum, with respect to the Republican's policies on women's health care, especially with regard to contraception and abortion:
After years and years and years of specifically targeting homophobes, racists, bigots, religious zealots, anti-intellectuals and sociopaths why should we be at all shocked that the GOP picked up a ****load of misogynists along the way?
 
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The Donald Trump robot would never chase the expelled illegal immigrants after they've been catapulted over the wall! I will say that it's a beautiful wall!
....... and all brought down by a chicken. Paz, mi amigo.
 
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Before the door hits him on the ass on the way out, let's talk a bit more about Barry's Legacy. Specifically, the Charlie Foxtrot. We'll also tie it in with some of that "Fake News" that the left is crowing about:

Did Obamacare Really Insure 20 Million?

The claim:

The Department of Health and Human Services claims that 20 million people have gained health coverage since the enactment of Obamacare in 2010 through early 2016.
The fly in the ointment:

However, it is important to note that the administration’s coverage estimates are based on survey data rather than calculating the actual change in coverage in different markets. Though surveys can provide useful information, they are not as precise as using enrollment data taken directly from insurance companies.
The facts:

A recent analysis by The Heritage Foundation’s Edmund Haislmaier and Drew Gonshorowski uses the more accurate method, taking actual enrollment data from Medicaid and private insurance companies to assess the impact Obamacare has had on coverage.

The researchers found that just over 14 million people gained coverage from the end of 2013 to the end of 2015.
M'bold.

Leave it to the gov't to be off by a factor of nearly 50%. In their favour...

Related:

Federal court halts Obamacare appeal, deals setback to president

A federal appeals court put a key Obamacare case on hold Monday as judges begin to anticipate a President Trump, and move to give his administration the chance to change the Obama administration’s legal strategy on everything from immigration to health care.

The latest case is a landmark challenge brought by the U.S. House against the Health and Human Services, which was sending Obamacare money to insurance companies despite Congress specifically canceling the money in the annual appropriations process.
 
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Several more for Barry's Legacy.

US Life Expectancy Declines

One of the fundamental ways scientists measure the well-being of a nation is tracking the rate at which its citizens die and how long they can be expected to live.

So the news out of the federal government Thursday is disturbing: The overall U.S. death rate has increased for the first time in a decade, according to an analysis of the latest data. And that led to a drop in overall life expectancy for the first time since 1993, particularly among people younger than 65.

"This is a big deal," says Philip Morgan, a demographer at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill who was not involved in the new analysis.

"There's not a better indicator of well-being than life expectancy," he says. "The fact that it's leveling off in the U.S. is a striking finding."
M'bold.

B..b..bu..but... Trump Said Mean Things!

And, now I guess we'll have to be registering all hypodermic needles:

Was There Nothing That Obama Couldn't Do?

Heroin deaths surpass guns deaths in 2015.

Opioid deaths continued to surge in 2015, surpassing 30,000 for the first time in recent history, according to CDC data released Thursday.

That marks an increase of nearly 5,000 deaths from 2014. Deaths involving powerful synthetic opiates, like fentanyl, rose by nearly 75 percent from 2014 to 2015.

Heroin deaths spiked too, rising by more than 2,000 cases. For the first time since at least the late 1990s, there were more deaths due to heroin than to traditional opioid painkillers, like hydrocodone and oxycodone.
Wouldn't have anything to do with the fact that there are 95 million unemployed in the US right now, would it? Little mental depression going on?

And, this little gem:

Former Nobel committee secretary regrets awarding the peace prize to Obama

Awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to President Barack Obama in 2009 was an experiment to encourage the newly elected Democrat to follow through on his lofty promises, according to at least one former member of the Nobel committee. But apparently, that was a failed experiment.
Funny. Always thought that the Nobel awards were for actual accomplishments, not pipe dreams.

Suddenly, his award makes far more sense: It's actually a Participation Trophy!!!
 
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I jes' luvs me a case of good, old-fashioned, unintended consequences...

So, Jill Stein wanted a recount in Michigan. It was halted in mid-stream. However, inconsistencies were discovered and, in an effort to address potential voter fraud, the House has just passed legislation addressing that.

Thanks, Jill: Michigan House passes voter-ID bill after vote-fraud hyperbole

Jill Stein didn’t get the recount she wanted in Michigan, but she did get the state to take vote-integrity issues seriously. Meeting in its lame-duck session, the state House of Representatives passed a tough voter-ID bill that includes $3 million for funding of free state identification and birth certificates after over 18,000 voters cast ballots without identification in the presidential election
18,000 voters with no ID. Curious, that...

Related:

House committee passes voter ID bills, moves to house floor

And the Progs are Pissed:

Stricter Voter ID Law Passes House

Democrats are seething following passage by the state House of bills changing Michigan's voter ID law, saying the proposal might prevent people from bothering to vote. Under the proposal now headed to the Senate, anyone who does not have a picture ID when they vote would be required to show one at their local clerk's office within ten days of the election to have their vote count.
'Cause it's such a bitch to pack around a driver's license wherever you go...
 
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Why should you need a SNAP debit card to collect food stamps? Just go to the store and load up your bags...

I jes' luvs me a case of good, old-fashioned, unintended consequences...

So, Jill Stein wanted a recount in Michigan. It was halted in mid-stream. However, inconsistencies were discovered and, in an effort to address potential voter fraud, the House has just passed legislation addressing that.

Thanks, Jill: Michigan House passes voter-ID bill after vote-fraud hyperbole



18,000 voters with no ID. Curious, that...

Related:

House committee passes voter ID bills, moves to house floor

And the Progs are Pissed:

Stricter Voter ID Law Passes House



'Cause it's such a bitch to pack around a driver's license wherever you go...
 
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Watch out Freddie--you're starting to sound like Joseph McCarthy!



I think we need to add a sixth step to the stages of grief: denial, anger, delusion, bargaining, depression and acceptance.

Au contraire. Delusion is when you honestly believe that Putin didn't have skin in the game of Making America Great Again. You just keep an eye on your news sources as the chips fall into place. Trump promised you that election fraud took place, and as we all know, he delivers on his promises.


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Au contraire. Delusion is when you honestly believe that Putin didn't have skin in the game of Making America Great Again. You just keep an eye on your news sources as the chips fall into place. Trump promised you that election fraud took place, and as we all know, he delivers on his promises.
Yep. Jill Stein recount revealed that 18,000 people voted in Michigan who had no right to vote. Trump was right!

Eventually you will pass through the delusional phase into acceptance. Those news sources you refuse to refer to point out that the only thing missing from this conspiracy theory is... an actual connection to Russia! Hilarious to see progs becoming unhinged and unrepentant McCarthyites!
 

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Yep. Jill Stein recount revealed that 18,000 people voted in Michigan who had no right to vote. Trump was right!



Eventually you will pass through the delusional phase into acceptance. Those news sources you refuse to refer to point out that the only thing missing from this conspiracy theory is... an actual connection to Russia! Hilarious to see progs becoming unhinged and unrepentant McCarthyites!

Perhaps a good number of those 18,000 people voted for Trump. Pull your head out of the sand, Macfury.


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Perhaps a good number of those 18,000 people voted for Trump. Pull your head out of the sand, Macfury.


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Perhaps many of those were "the walking dead" who voted long after they "shuffled off this mortal coil"? In this case, the CIA would be of no help. Still, these days, who are you going to call to solve this mystery ??????????????? Or, as Charlie Brown would say .....................
 

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Yep. Jill Stein recount revealed that 18,000 people voted in Michigan who had no right to vote. Trump was right!

Eventually you will pass through the delusional phase into acceptance. Those news sources you refuse to refer to point out that the only thing missing from this conspiracy theory is... an actual connection to Russia! Hilarious to see progs becoming unhinged and unrepentant McCarthyites!
Now these are REALLY strange bed partners!!!!!!!!!!!! :eek::D
 
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President-elect Donald Trump is expected to name as his secretary of state Rex Tillerson, the chief executive of Exxon Mobil who has worked extensively around the globe and built relationships with such leaders as Russian President Vladi*mir Putin, three people close to the transition team confirmed Saturday.

Tillerson’s nomination could face intense scrutiny in the Senate considering his years of work in Russia on behalf of the multinational petroleum company and his close ties to Putin. Already, two leading Republican hawks, Sens. John McCain (Ariz.) and Lindsey O. Graham (S.C.), have voiced concerns about Tillerson serving as the nation’s top diplomat.
Noooooo! That can't be true! That could never be true! That's impossible! Macfury already said so.


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