FROM 2012 INTO 2013 POLITICS THREAD

Source?

Because from what I've heard, Obama issued a directive to halt the bonuses:

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/06/19/sen-grassley-says-irs-to-pay-70m-in-employee-bonuses-despite-spending-cuts/

 

Speaking of quiet, has anything happened with Benghazi since the email cherry-pick fiasco?

No? Strange, for something that was supposed to lead to Obama's impeachment.

 

Obama to Jay Carney: "Quick. Get the Blackhawks up here. I need something to celebrate. Fuck the traditional waiting period. Have the NSA confiscate the damn cup if you have to. NOW!"

 

76% of Americans are living paycheck-to-paycheck

Roughly three-quarters of Americans are living paycheck-to-paycheck, with little to no emergency savings, according to a survey released by Bankrate.com Monday.

Fewer than one in four Americans have enough money in their savings account to cover at least six months of expenses, enough to help cushion the blow of a job loss, medical emergency or some other unexpected event, according to the survey of 1,000 adults. Meanwhile, 50% of those surveyed have less than a three-month cushion and 27% had no savings at all.

http://money.cnn.com/2013/06/24/pf/emergency-savings/index.html

 

Because I'm right about posting absolutes on this thread. Thanks for backing me up on that.

Why was it so easy to get you to stumble into that one?

(Fixed for a typo)

 

When I first saw this I thought you were talking about helicopters.lol

 

And down goes the Voting Rights Act, sort of.

The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a key provision of the landmark Voting Rights Act cannot be enforced unless Congress comes up with a new way of determining which states and localities require federal monitoring of elections.

The justices said in 5-4 vote that the law Congress most recently renewed in 2006 relies on 40-year-old data that does not reflect racial progress and changes in U.S. society.

The court did not strike down the advance approval requirement of the law that has been used, mainly in the South, to open up polling places to minority voters in the nearly half century since it was first enacted in 1965. But the justices did say lawmakers must update the formula for determining which parts of the country must seek Washington's approval, in advance, for election changes.

Chief Justice John Roberts said for the conservative majority that Congress "may draft another formula based on current conditions."

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/high-court-voids-key-part-voting-rights-act

 

Eddie Snowden needs to rip a page from history and flee to the Pope, members and moderators.
But at this point, does it even matter?
Obama has destroyed what remaining shreds of foreign policy power the presidency ever had.
His true level of respect is shown in that neither Russia or China give the sweat off their nuts what the Obama Administration wants with its fugitives.
Even 20 years ago these two nations would have orchestrated anything to embarrass the U.S.
Now? They have more self-respect than even to trifle with a third-rate statesman like Obama.

 

Yes, that's very likely to happen.

 

And Roberts well knows that. He's always had a target on the VRA...

 

Intolerance cuts both ways. And in all places...Michigan!

http://dailycaller.com/2013/06/24/student-booted-from-class-for-saying-i-dont-accept-gays-wins-federal-lawsuit/

Bullying is not just about gays. I guess when it was band members versus jocks back, Hollywood didn't care.

 

So what's your solution? Besides war?