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Clearly, not all people.
W. K. Lis
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Oh look! Pictures. See pictures on screen. Look, look, look!
Sorry. Sorry, if vocabulary too big for Trump followers.
AlbertC
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‘This is unstoppable’: America's midwest braces itself for a Covid-19 surge
Aug 9, 2020
Three months ago, the Republican governor of Missouri chose not to wear a mask in a shop, because he said he wasn’t going to let the government tell him what to do. Mike Parson visited a hardware store to celebrate its reopening after he lifted Missouri’s coronavirus lockdown over the objections of health professionals and mayors of major cities.
Parson said the worst of the pandemic was past and the economic impact of the shutdown was worse than the virus. As for masks, the governor dismissively claimed “there was a lot of information on both sides” over whether to wear one so he wasn’t going to require people to do so.
Three months later, Covid-19 is surging in Missouri and in many other parts of the midwest that imagined they had escaped the worst of the pandemic.
Health specialists predict a sharp increase in deaths across the region in the coming weeks that will be made significantly worse in some states by the politicians who followed Donald Trump’s lead in undermining medical advice and in questioning the value of masks.
www.theguardian.com
Aug 9, 2020
Three months ago, the Republican governor of Missouri chose not to wear a mask in a shop, because he said he wasn’t going to let the government tell him what to do. Mike Parson visited a hardware store to celebrate its reopening after he lifted Missouri’s coronavirus lockdown over the objections of health professionals and mayors of major cities.
Parson said the worst of the pandemic was past and the economic impact of the shutdown was worse than the virus. As for masks, the governor dismissively claimed “there was a lot of information on both sides” over whether to wear one so he wasn’t going to require people to do so.
Three months later, Covid-19 is surging in Missouri and in many other parts of the midwest that imagined they had escaped the worst of the pandemic.
Health specialists predict a sharp increase in deaths across the region in the coming weeks that will be made significantly worse in some states by the politicians who followed Donald Trump’s lead in undermining medical advice and in questioning the value of masks.
‘This is unstoppable’: America's midwest braces itself for a Covid-19 surge
Experts predict an increase in deaths across the region, made significantly worse by lawmakers who question the value of face coverings
www.theguardian.com
AlbertC
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More of the usual taking his ball and going home by Trump yesterday 
kEiThZ
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I'm an optimist. America has a unique knack for reinventing herself when the moment is forced upon her. And I expect nothing less this time.
It's easy to write them off, from the outside looking in. And Canadians, who have never lived in the US, and only studied her politics through the media, are particularly prone to this. But they have a resiliency, toughness and boldness that serves them well in their darkest hours. Living there I've seen this. And I wouldn't bet against them.
A lot of America's troubles today are basically more a reflection of one generation. They've reached peak Boomer. But as that generation gives way to Millennials, as the largest voting generation, I foresee them going through large changes. It won't be some Bernie Sandersesque Social Democratic revolution. It will be more like Quebec's Quiet Revolution. A quiet and widespread re-ordering of social norms and institutions.
It's easy to write them off, from the outside looking in. And Canadians, who have never lived in the US, and only studied her politics through the media, are particularly prone to this. But they have a resiliency, toughness and boldness that serves them well in their darkest hours. Living there I've seen this. And I wouldn't bet against them.
A lot of America's troubles today are basically more a reflection of one generation. They've reached peak Boomer. But as that generation gives way to Millennials, as the largest voting generation, I foresee them going through large changes. It won't be some Bernie Sandersesque Social Democratic revolution. It will be more like Quebec's Quiet Revolution. A quiet and widespread re-ordering of social norms and institutions.
Jasmine18
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Thing is most of the millennial vote is on the coast and the EC and senate system pretty much nerf real chances of reform in America.
kEiThZ
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This is less and less true everywhere. Especially with the wave of migration to the Sun belt states in recent years. Have a gander at median ages by state:
Till 2018, Millennials just hadn't voted in high enough numbers to matter. But Trump has resulted in both Millennials and Zoomers turning out at rates far higher that previous generations at the same age:
Now consider the implications of the above. Millennials will have a median age of 30 this year. This is the age which most past cohorts start voting regularly as they get careers, homes and dependants. But these millennials are already turning out like they are 40. What happens if the trend keeps up and they replace older, whiter voters in the next decade, across a lot of the Sun belt? If Texas or Georgia flips, any point in the next decade, it's game over for the Republican Party at the Presidential and House level.
What we're watching here is a re-alignment as the Rust Belt gets more conservative as they age and Sun Belt transitions to left leaning as younger voters start voting more regularly. This it's partly why you're seeing Texas and Georgia polling much more closely this cycle, while Trump managed to demolish the Blue Wall in 2016.
People forget that till the 80s, California was a red state and Texas was blue. California had a Republican Governor for most of the 90s. And Texas had a Democratic governor for the entire first half of the 90s.
The EC has held back Democrats. But we're on the cusp of watching the EC become a serious advantage for them, as some of the Sun Belt states flip.
The Senate will be an obstacle. But there are ways around there too. Notably by making DC and Puerto Rico states. Or if Sun Belt states start flipping...
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W. K. Lis
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You got to be kiddin'...
White House 'looked into' carving face of Donald Trump on Mt Rushmore
White House reportedly made inquiries about adding Donald Trump to famous carving
See link.
White House 'looked into' carving face of Donald Trump on Mt Rushmore
White House reportedly made inquiries about adding Donald Trump to famous carving
See link.
Johnny Au
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If Trump wants his face on Mount Rushmore, it can be constructed from excess granite from the base of the mountain and have it constructed between Teddy Roosevelt's face and Abraham Lincoln's face. This way, the integrity of the rest of the monument would not be compromised, while Trump's face can very easily be removed in the future.
Oh, and read here as well:
Oh, and read here as well:
Adding fifth face to Mount Rushmore National Memorial has been political football for decades
Mount Rushmore National Memorial Chief of Interpretation and Education Maureen McGee-Ballinger said adding a fifth face is a frequent question.
www.argusleader.com
old boy
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Ya, that orange is really going to stand out.If Trump wants his face on Mount Rushmore, it can be constructed from excess granite from the base of the mountain and have it constructed between Teddy Roosevelt's face and Abraham Lincoln's face. This way, the integrity of the rest of the monument would not be compromised, while Trump's face can very easily be removed in the future.
Oh, and read here as well:
Adding fifth face to Mount Rushmore National Memorial has been political football for decades
Mount Rushmore National Memorial Chief of Interpretation and Education Maureen McGee-Ballinger said adding a fifth face is a frequent question.www.argusleader.com
AlbertC
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‘Laughable’: New York’s Gov. Cuomo calls out Trump’s benefits executive orders
Aug 9, 2020
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Sunday dismissed President Donald Trump’s executive orders as “laughable” and another chapter in the federal government’s botched response to the coronavirus as he praised New Yorkers for mostly good behaviour that has reduced the infection rate in his state.
The Democrat was particularly critical of Trump’s Saturday announcement that states must pay part of $400 weekly unemployment insurance benefits.
He told a telephone news conference that Trump’s plan would likely cost New York state $4 billion.
“The concept of saying to states, you pay 25 per cent of the insurance, is just laughable,” Cuomo said. “It’s just an impossibility. So none of this is real on the federal side. This is going to have to be resolved.”
He said he didn’t know if Trump was “genuine in thinking the executive order is a resolution or if this is just a tactic in the negotiation. But this is irreconcilable for the state. And I expect this is just a chapter in the book of Washington COVID mismanagement.”
globalnews.ca
Aug 9, 2020
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Sunday dismissed President Donald Trump’s executive orders as “laughable” and another chapter in the federal government’s botched response to the coronavirus as he praised New Yorkers for mostly good behaviour that has reduced the infection rate in his state.
The Democrat was particularly critical of Trump’s Saturday announcement that states must pay part of $400 weekly unemployment insurance benefits.
He told a telephone news conference that Trump’s plan would likely cost New York state $4 billion.
“The concept of saying to states, you pay 25 per cent of the insurance, is just laughable,” Cuomo said. “It’s just an impossibility. So none of this is real on the federal side. This is going to have to be resolved.”
He said he didn’t know if Trump was “genuine in thinking the executive order is a resolution or if this is just a tactic in the negotiation. But this is irreconcilable for the state. And I expect this is just a chapter in the book of Washington COVID mismanagement.”
‘Laughable’: New York’s Gov. Cuomo calls out Trump’s benefits executive orders - National | Globalnews.ca
The Democrat was particularly critical of Trump's Saturday announcement that states must pay part of $400 weekly unemployment insurance benefits.
globalnews.ca
adma
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If Trump wants his face on Mount Rushmore, it can be constructed from excess granite from the base of the mountain and have it constructed between Teddy Roosevelt's face and Abraham Lincoln's face. This way, the integrity of the rest of the monument would not be compromised, while Trump's face can very easily be removed in the future.
Oh, and read here as well:
Adding fifth face to Mount Rushmore National Memorial has been political football for decades
Mount Rushmore National Memorial Chief of Interpretation and Education Maureen McGee-Ballinger said adding a fifth face is a frequent question.www.argusleader.com
The funny thing is how those most seriously obsessed with adding another face (particularly those on the Reagan/Trump right) seem to have no clue regarding Mt. Rushmore as a finite artistic creation of a moment--they almost envisage it more like a "hall of fame" that can be freely added to according to the will of leadership and some such chosen mass populace.
Though it fits the overall Trump-era programmatic view of arts and design; sort of like, "timeless principles" as an alibi for running roughshod over anything preexisting--even, theoretically, that which reflected said "principles" in the past. (That is, I wouldn't put it above a second-term-and-beyond Trump to tear down the White House on behalf of a more "beautiful" replacement, offering the alibi that the present building's basically Harry Truman-era and hence "not historic", etc)
kEiThZ
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Congress controls the purse. None of this BS is getting funded.
lenaitch
Senior Member
A US tradition is the creation of a 'presidential library'. I'm not sure if it is a prerequisite to confirm that the honoree can read and/or know what a book is. Perhaps a presidential mini-putt?
Jasmine18
Senior Member
Depends it can become a shrine and temple like The Ronald Reagan Presidential library XD.
I went there and it was cool but I felt I was at some religious site like india where some famous old person died then a presidential library.
The tour ends with his burial site lol.
I been to the JFK and lincoln libraries and they are wayyyy different.