#46 President Joe Biden

mrussel1

nicknyr15 said:

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Halifax2TheMax said:

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HughFreakingDillon said:

nicknyr15 said:

mrussel1 said:

nicknyr15 said:

Halifax2TheMax said:

Dammit Brandon! We told you to stop, just stop it! Jobless claims the lowest in fifty years! Fifty years! Maybe start a war or something? Sheesh! Go Brandon go!

NY Post?

https://thehill.com/policy/finance/582950-jobless-claims-plunge-to-199k-lowest-level-since-1969

https://nypost.com/2021/11/24/new-jobless-claims-plummet-to-199k-lowest-level-since-1969/

Halifax2TheMax said:

nicknyr15 said:

Halifax2TheMax said:

Dammit Brandon! We told you to stop, just stop it! Jobless claims the lowest in fifty years! Fifty years! Maybe start a war or something? Sheesh! Go Brandon go!

NY Post?

They’d never report that, c’mon man!

haha. that's funny. 

Rupert must have bumped his head.

Has Ted Turner ever bumped his head? 

A few times, I’m sure. He married that commie socialist Jane Fonda after all.

Hmmm. That is true. 

Anyway… happy thanksgiving !!

Same to you and yours! I love gorging and watching football all day. But it always makes me think why I don’t cook turkey more often? Next day sammiches are the bomb!

Happy Thanksgiving to all who are participating and even those who aren’t!

Thanks! We love making a soup with the leftover turkey as well…. I highly recommend it. 

Same here.. Although we hosted a "friendsgiving" last Friday for my youngest, and my wife made Turkey Tetrazinni (sp?) with the leftovers.  That was excellent!  Highly recommended.  We used to have that in cafeteria in high school a few times a month.. felt like youth! 

Man that sounds good! 

Turkey noodle soup made with chicken broth is great. 

mrussel1

gimmesometruth27 said:

i saw that brandon read "end of quote" during his speech. just beating the biden haters to the punch.

Here is the full statement, without the right wing editing:

“And, by the way, you may have heard the CEO of Walmart yesterday on the steps we’ve taken. He said, and I quote, ‘The combination of private enterprise and government working together has been really successful.’ He went on to say, ‘All the way through the supply chain, there’s … a lot of innovation.’ Because of the actions we’ve taken, things have begun to change.’ End of quote.”

nicknyr15

mrussel1 said:

gimmesometruth27 said:

i saw that brandon read "end of quote" during his speech. just beating the biden haters to the punch.

Here is the full statement, without the right wing editing:

“And, by the way, you may have heard the CEO of Walmart yesterday on the steps we’ve taken. He said, and I quote, ‘The combination of private enterprise and government working together has been really successful.’ He went on to say, ‘All the way through the supply chain, there’s … a lot of innovation.’ Because of the actions we’ve taken, things have begun to change.’ End of quote.”

I’m Ron Burgundy? 

Who cares if he did that? It’s funny and now move along. 

HughFreakingDillon

i'm missing something with this "end of quote" stuff. why would this matter to anyone?

The Juggler

HughFreakingDillon said:

i'm missing something with this "end of quote" stuff. why would this matter to anyone?

Yeah I don't get it. 

The Juggler

Okay so I just watched the "end of quote" quote and....what? How is this a thing? He was indicating that the quote he was quoting had ended. There's nothing odd about that and I have heard him do that before. 

THANK CHRIST HE WASN'T WEARING A TAN SUIT!!!

mickeyrat

https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-biden-cabinet-neera-tanden-c4b803d2dff76fad43b8717a32493503

 

Biden picks women of color to lead White House budget office

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and ALEXANDRA JAFFE

Today

NANTUCKET, Mass. (AP) — Two women of color are President Joe Biden’s picks to lead the White House budget office, a milestone for the powerful agency after his first choice withdrew following criticism over her previous attacks on lawmakers from both parties.

If confirmed by the Senate, Shalanda Young would become the first Black woman in charge of the Office of Management and Budget, while Nani Coloretti, a Filipino American, would serve as Young’s deputy, making Coloretti one of the highest-ranking Asian Americans in government.

“Today it’s my honor to nominate two extraordinary, history-making women to lead the Office of Management and Budget,” Biden said in a video announcement released Wednesday while he spends the Thanksgiving holiday on Nantucket island in Massachusetts.

“She has continued to impress me, and congressional leaders as well,” Biden said of Young, who has been acting director for most of the year. Biden turned to Young after his first nominee for budget director, Neera Tanden, came under bipartisan criticism.

Sen. Joe Manchin, a West Virginia Democrat who has become a pivotal vote for Biden's agenda in a chamber split 50-50, was the first Democrat to oppose Tanden's nomination and, lacking the necessary votes, she ultimately withdrew from consideration.

Biden later gave Tanden a job in the White House, where she is staff secretary and a senior presidential adviser.

Young faces a Senate confirmation vote, though it was not immediately clear how soon it would be scheduled. But she was confirmed as deputy director in March on a 63-37 vote, with backing from more than a dozen Republicans.

Young, who previously was staff director for the House Appropriations Committee, also has support from top Democratic leaders, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Pelosi, in a statement issued Wednesday, said Young’s nomination is “well-deserved.” Other Democratic lawmakers expressed support for Young on Twitter.

“Good call,” wrote Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont.

Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., a member of the Budget Committee, which will vote first on the nominations, tweeted that Young's “leadership is just what we need to implement a federal budget that prioritizes the American people.”

In Congress, Young oversaw $1.3 trillion in annual appropriations bills, disaster aid and COVID-19-related spending. The head of the Office of Management and Budget is tasked with putting together the president’s annual budget for Congress and overseeing a wide range of logistical and regulatory issues across the federal government.

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mrussel1

nicknyr15 said:

mrussel1 said:

gimmesometruth27 said:

i saw that brandon read "end of quote" during his speech. just beating the biden haters to the punch.

Here is the full statement, without the right wing editing:

“And, by the way, you may have heard the CEO of Walmart yesterday on the steps we’ve taken. He said, and I quote, ‘The combination of private enterprise and government working together has been really successful.’ He went on to say, ‘All the way through the supply chain, there’s … a lot of innovation.’ Because of the actions we’ve taken, things have begun to change.’ End of quote.”

I’m Ron Burgundy? 

Who cares if he did that? It’s funny and now move along. 

No.. You're missing the point.  

The right wing edited version made it seem like he was reading a teleprompter and read something that wasn't supposed to be read.  When in fact,  he was deliberately quoting someone and that was intentional. 

nicknyr15

mrussel1 said:

nicknyr15 said:

mrussel1 said:

gimmesometruth27 said:

i saw that brandon read "end of quote" during his speech. just beating the biden haters to the punch.

Here is the full statement, without the right wing editing:

“And, by the way, you may have heard the CEO of Walmart yesterday on the steps we’ve taken. He said, and I quote, ‘The combination of private enterprise and government working together has been really successful.’ He went on to say, ‘All the way through the supply chain, there’s … a lot of innovation.’ Because of the actions we’ve taken, things have begun to change.’ End of quote.”

I’m Ron Burgundy? 

Who cares if he did that? It’s funny and now move along. 

No.. You're missing the point.  

The right wing edited version made it seem like he was reading a teleprompter and read something that wasn't supposed to be read.  When in fact,  he was deliberately quoting someone and that was intentional. 

Ooohhhh. Wow. That’s nonsense. Thanks for clearing that up. I didn’t even think it was a big deal if it was a gaffe. 

brianlux

mickeyrat said:

Biden to nominate two new people to usps board when their respective terms are up....

giving him a 5 to 4 appointee advantage. look for Dejoy's ouster when that occurs...

Hallelujah!  A joyous day when Dejoy goes away!

mrussel1

Global warming is now hitting us where it really hurts...

https://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/business-a-lobbying/583335-canada-tapping-reserve-maple-syrup-supply-amid

static111

mrussel1 said:

Global warming is now hitting us where it really hurts...

https://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/business-a-lobbying/583335-canada-tapping-reserve-maple-syrup-supply-amid

Noooooo ever since my grandpa died and my supply of fresh made northern michigan maple syrup dried up I have been relying on those beady eyed flappy headed canadians and their syrup...Move over Greta things are getting serious.

HughFreakingDillon

hoarding timeline:

2020: toilet paper
2021/22: maple syrup

HughFreakingDillon

what I really want is a movie based on the The Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist starring Jason Statham. 

static111

HughFreakingDillon said:

what I really want is a movie based on the The Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist starring Jason Statham. 

I was unfamiliar with the great canadian maple syrup heist until reading this article.  I would definitely watch a movie.

HughFreakingDillon

static111 said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

what I really want is a movie based on the The Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist starring Jason Statham. 

I was unfamiliar with the great canadian maple syrup heist until reading this article.  I would definitely watch a movie.

me too. haha

brianlux

My sister sent me an article about the Maple Syrup shortage, kind of joking about it being a "crisis" because she knows maple syrup is one of may favorite things.  Funny, but at the same time, sad to think that breakfast- my favorite meal of the day-  may just not be the same someday.
Of course the reality here is that this is a first world "problem" indicative of a true global crisis.

nicknyr15

https://youtu.be/hNDgcjVGHIw

Pretty interesting video. From the NYT no less. 

HughFreakingDillon

nicknyr15 said:

https://youtu.be/hNDgcjVGHIw

Pretty interesting video. From the NYT no less. 

this honestly isn't at all surprising to me. I've always felt what that guy said, that many liberals are all about equality, "just not in my back yard". 

brianlux

HughFreakingDillon said:

nicknyr15 said:

https://youtu.be/hNDgcjVGHIw

Pretty interesting video. From the NYT no less. 

this honestly isn't at all surprising to me. I've always felt what that guy said, that many liberals are all about equality, "just not in my back yard". 

I have said the very same thing a number of times in the past.  But the radical right Trump republicans and their extreme views and their extremely stupid manner and blind follow-the-foolish-leader way of pushing those views was a game changer that pushed things into a new perspective.  The left has it's share of hypocrisy, not doubt!  But other than the fringe Lincoln Project folks, the fight to preserve democracy has almost solely been a left/Democrat effort.  The right has lost almost all of its credibility.