Comments by "possumverde" (@possumverde) on "CBS Evening News" channel.

  1. I'm not seeing the problem here. The SEALs are an elite group where severe lapses in judgement like Gallagher's are not acceptable. The pardon restored his rank. Where the Navy assigns him is up to them.
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  2. ​ @BeBoppin2000 A bunch of Israeli soccer hooligans effed around in someone else's country and found out. End of story.
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  3. It went both ways. You'd know that if you actually watched the report before commenting.
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  4. But...but...I thought Trump was the peacemaker...
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  5. ​@Val-z8I Tariffs will just drive Mexico into the arms of countries like China etc. for starters. Unlike us, they aren't stupid enough to be isolationists in the modern world.
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  6. ​ @michaelhartle9737 Freedom of speech does not mean freedom from consequences of that speech. With what they were chanting, they earned it.
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  7. Here's another thought. You can't get your appeal heard by SCOTUS without the original case having been backed with enough evidence to warrant it's existence. Completely sandbagging like Trump's team did, doesn't work in their favor in this.
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  8. That's about the dumbest reason to vote for someone I've ever heard... especially when said indictments are completely legit. If you truly wish to vote conservative, there are far more deserving candidates than Trump to choose from.
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  9. Gotta love the desperation of the Trump bots and supporters. They're spamming every single comment section on this topic trying to play it down and demonize the judge for doing their job...sad.
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  10. Barely 1% of our budget actually goes to other countries. Nowhere near enough to use as an excuse to not pass the relief bill. The Republicans are just being dicks because they're butthurt over losing the WH and the Senate (and they're panicking over their party being spilt between personality cultists and sane, mature adults.) The Dems just need to "abuse" their newly won majority and force the relief through using budget reconcilliation. The Reps have used it multiple times in the past to bypass the need for Democratic votes. It's time to give them a taste of their own medicine. They don't want unity so there's no reason to waste anymore time on them.
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  11. So does Trump.
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  12. Step one in normalizing Martial Law...
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  13. Trying to protect our long term interests and not to remake the mistakes of previous weak appeasers you mean.
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  14. ​ @cudjoemann Grow up and read some history kid. Trump's weak appeasement approach will be far more likely to lead to a world war than making a logical military decision against an extremely overextended and undersupported enemy.
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  15. @K MB They need to give up on working with the Republicans on it. Which they appear to have done since it looks like they've now decided to just push the relief through via budget reconciliation instead. That only requires a simple majority vote in the Senate as opposed to the 60 they would otherwise need. Don't be surprised if the relief bill ends up getting passed before the end of the week. Edit: The Republicans had their share of pork in the recent bill as well. It wasn't just a Democrat thing.
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  16. Yes he is.
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  17. Or he was tipped off somehow and had time to prepare defenses.
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  18. We should have at least sent in some of our air power. On the ground, Ukrainian forces are strong, they just don't have an answer for the long range stuff...
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  19. The officers did their jobs properly. The blame for the little girl's death goes entirely to the person whose criminal acts were responsible for creating the situation to begin with. It's an unfortunate tragedy but that's all it is. There is no blame to be thrown at the police.
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  20. They were. They acted as a county in that they received local taxes from their area and used them to fund the fire department, police, and everything else a county pays for. On top of that they pay a substantial property tax and are responsible for a sizable chunk of the state's tax revenues each year. DeSantis and his poorly qualified state minions...er representatives, have shot Florida in the foot here. Now the two districts responsible for the area will have to pay all those expenses along with the state. They will fail to provide anywhere near the quality of service Disney was able to and thus tourism will suffer. That will lead to lost revenue for the state. Combine that with all the lawsuits Disney is going to file and mostly win, and Florida just got a lot poorer. All because their governor takes politics too personally and doesn't think before he reacts.
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  21. It's only coming out now because he stalled it with everything he could. The information could have been unsealed long before now. He essentially created his own October surprise by trying to run from his problems instead of facing them. A nasty habit he's had for most of his life.
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  22. Normally such legislation requires 60 votes in the Senate. They've been trying to get the 10 Republican votes they would need to pass it. However, it now appears that they have given up on the bi-partisan approach and are just going to use budget reconcilliation to push it through instead. That only requires a simple majority vote in the Senate.
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  23.  @michaelturano7522  You know no such thing. You just want to believe that.
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  24. The Navy's gonna love this guy... probably shouldn't visit any ships.
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  25. We should have just given them a lesson on how to properly disappear someone...
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  26.  Xavier Medina  You should spend a little more time outside of your parents' basement...
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  27.  Robert Schultz  Depending on how many cases of covid 19 the US ends up with, the number of deaths could potentially get pretty high. During the 2018-2019 season, ~16,500,000 people sought treatment for the flu in the US (~5% of the population) and ~34,000 died from it (~0.01% of the population) for a mortality rate of ~0.2%. At a mortality rate of ~4.25% (13,600/320,000), covid 19 would only need to infect ~800,000 people (~0.24% of the population) to match those deaths. Were the number of US covid 19 cases to match those of the flu, a 4.25% mortality rate would lead to ~700,000 US deaths (~0.2% of the population.) It's highly unlikely that there will be anywhere near that number of US cases and the mortality rate will likely end up being much lower. As such, there is definitely a good bit of fearmongering going on. However, a healthy dose of concern is warranted if we want to minimize the overall threat.
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  28. Removing Gallagher from the SEALs in no way defies the President's pardon. His rank is restored, where the Navy decides to assign him is up to them.
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  29.  @razaparalarepublica8336  The protocol being followed in this weird abomination of an audit is so nonsensical and the workers so poorly qualified and openly biased that no results they obtain can really be taken seriously. While I see no reason for an audit, I'm not necessarily opposed to one (if just to shut people up.) However, if it's to be done, it needs to properly managed, transparent, an operated by a firm with no conflict of interest. As is, there's just too much of a Qanon cult feel to this to be seen as legit.
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  30. Actually, it could still be an ambush if the target was somehow tipped off to the impending raid and thus had time to prepare their defenses. The officers would go in thinking they had the element of surprise only to find that they had walked into a trap.
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  31. Like most people in this country, they know nothing of issues. They voted for charisma.
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  32. They won. They cost Israel ~$200M, international sympathy for the Palestinians increased significantly, and the militants now have a good idea of how much rocket spam it will take to overwhelm and exhaust Israel's "iron dome." Strategically, that's worth a few buildings and the sacrifice of ~0.01% of Gaza's population.
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  33. Prayers aren't going to prevent the economic collapse or the strengthening of our enemies due to poor policy.
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  34. It's part of the indictment and indictments are always unsealed minus personal/private information etc.
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  35. Calling the Saudis allies is like calling one's drug dealer an ally.
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  36. Judging from the comments, I'm beginning to think people don't realize that one can agree with the ID requirement and still be against the law in general due to some of the other bs it contains...
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  37.  @FadeHook23  Unless the plan is to live in a car, moving can be pretty expensive. Many places require a few months rent up front. Then there's activation costs for utilities, a new renter's insurance policy, and various other up front costs that can nickel and dime you. On top of that, you'll likely need a U-Haul truck and/or possibly paid movers as well depending on the circumstances. Going by my own finances, it could easily eat up two or three months pay.
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  38. For what exactly, the appearance of impropriety from hiring someone she had a relationship with? Simple nepotism alone doesn't necessarily warrant removal. Despite a great deal of internet buzz to the contrary, his pay was not really unusual all things considered. He actually took a significant pay cut to take on the position. The $250/hr he received was $300/hr less than his firm had been paid for consulting work under the previous DA and his billable hours with his firm (greater than $250/hr) were almost non existent over the time that he held the job. With him taking a pay cut, he clearly didn't need his special prosecutor pay to go on those vacations. In the end, this is simply Trump and pals oompa loompa lawyers resorting to digging around in an opponent's "bedroom" for something to blackmail them with. A tactic that basically says, we don't have a legitimate argument so we'll go for public shaming instead.
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  39. She was elected because she was the only name on the ballot...
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  40. The problem is that a neutral third party with the security clearance necessary to view the documents likely doesn't exist. Especially one whom both sides could agree on. The choice will thus be left up to the Trump appointed judge which would obviously raise questions of potential bias. Also, appointing a master to begin with is somewhat pointless as (assuming no bias) the kind of documents they would be looking for would only make up a small fraction of the total and have little, if any, significant effect on the outcome other than stalling it. Furthermore, as appointing such a master would definitely count as special treatment, doing so would set a bad precedent as well. Edit: Even though the outcome wouldn't likely be significantly affected, anyone the judge appoints who lacks the proper clearance would have to be vetted to receive such clearance before they could do the job. If the judge wanted to, she could simply keep picking people that won't pass a background check etc. and thus be able to stall the case indefinitely.
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  41. You kids are so panicky...
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  42. You're not getting the full story. It may have gotten a bit out of hand but the Israeli soccer hooligans did ask for it and it had nothing to do with their race or religion. They were chanting "Gaza has no schools because Gaza has no children", "death to arabs", went around climbing houses to tear down Palestinian flags, disrespected a minute of silence for Spanish flood victims, and some even dragged a cab driver who was apparently Arabic out of his cab and beat him severely (critical condition). You behave like that in someone else's country and you really don't get to cry about finding out what happens.
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  43. Slow enough for the officer to get his rounds off.
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  44. ​ @pejpm It can be if the target is somehow tipped off to the impending raid and thus has time to prepare their defenses.
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  45. He hasn't quite mastered the art of Mussolini
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  46. Not likely. Appeals look mostly at the evidence presented originally. With nowhere near the amount necessary having been presented to back any cases that might reach them, SCOTUS may well choose not to bother with any of them.
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  47. Yes, many do. Including honest moderate and centrist independents and Republicans. Anyone who's read it without bias would have a hard time voting for the man.
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  48. Appealing the ruling is a must. Allowing such an illegitimate order to stand unchallenged will set a horrible precedent and only encourage more judges to base their rulings on political/personal bias rather than the law.
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  49. Still no reason for DeSantis to shoot his state in the economic foot over petty vengeance... Dude's got a long way to go and a lot of growing up to do if he ever wants to be President. Just like Trump, he takes politics too personal and lets his temper cloud his judgement.
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  50.  @randomsasquatchwithwifi4090  An executive order can't do it but it can be pushed through using budget reconcilliation. That only requires a simple majority vote in the Senate. They've been trying to avoid using that process because it's something the Dems have heavily criticized the Republicans for using in the past to bypass the need for Dem votes. They're not going to waste much more time trying to get Republicans on board though. Don't be surprised if the bill gets passed before the end of the week.
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