Sunday, January 19, 2020
Saturday, January 18, 2020
World's second best kept secret: Joe Biden once had a big problem with stuttering
Could partly explain some of his verbal gaffes, but honestly, nobody but a nincompoop says "JOBS" is a three letter word.
CNN Business is stupid: "Women now hold more jobs than men"
Here's the lede:
Women held slightly more jobs than men in December — the first time that's happened in nearly a decade.
That's based on the Establishment Survey, which undercounts civilian employment by the millions.
Friday, January 17, 2020
Thursday, January 16, 2020
Oops, GAO charge that Trump OMB violated 1974 Impoundment Control Act is hogwash
But concerning the withholding of funds, there is no potential crime
here either. There is a process in place to sort out any disagreement
between Congress and the president on such a matter. Section 683 of the
Impoundment Control Act of 1974 states that “whenever the President
determines ... that such budget authority should be rescinded … [or]
reserved from obligation for such fiscal year, the President shall
transmit to both Houses of Congress a special message” to that effect
with an explanation. The Congress then has 45 calendar days to concur,
or the funds are to be “made available for obligation” and “may not be
proposed for rescission again.”
Although Section 684 calls for a special message if the
funds are to be deferred within the fiscal year, this special message
does not force Congress to concur.
The lack of a special message from Trump for either section
is not an impeachable offense. First, the president clearly had not
made a conclusive decision that he wanted to propose the funds should be
“rescinded” or “reserved from obligation.” Neither Trump nor his
Democratic critics disagree that he was awaiting further information
before deciding whether or not he wanted the funds conclusively
rescinded. All he had done as of this summer was to withhold the funds temporarily. Therefore, it would have been premature for Congress to receive a proposal from him to rescind the funds.
More here.
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
Breaking: Pelosi delayed the impeachment waiting on her commemorative embossed souvenir pen order bearing her signature
The choreography is so over the top for the somber occasion, too, designed doubtlessly to mock Trump.
Speaking of carving out new states of the union, Virginia looks set to divide again, over guns, giving us West Virginia, Virginia, and South Virginia
Maybe what's left of Virginia will call itself Northern Virginia, but probably not. Might remind people of the Army of Northern Virginia, Robert E. Lee, minstrel shows in blackface, Gov. Ralph Northam, you know, that kind of thing.
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