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Megaterio Llamas wrote: ↑Thu Sep 17, 2020 3:57 pm
But aren't the Koch brothers Jewish too?
They are? I thought they were of Dutch lineage and evangelicals?
Never heard that they were Jewish. Where did you get that idea?
Because they have a German sounding last name?
... or because they are rich?
Edit:
Yeah, i looked it up, the Koch family are definitely crackers....
In 1927, Koch developed a more efficient thermal cracking process for turning crude oil into gasoline which allowed smaller players in the industry to better compete with the oil majors.
Koch partnered with William Rhodes Davis to build the third-largest oil refinery serving the Third Reich, a project which was personally approved by Adolf Hitler.[15] The refinery was significantly important, for it was one of the few refineries in Germany that could produce the high octane fuel needed for fighter planes.[16] Koch President and COO David L. Robertson acknowledged that Winkler-Koch provided the cracking unit for the 1934 Hamburg refinery...
A truly remarkable person that will be sorely missed.
But her followers need not worry, Moscow Mitch has earlier been very clear in expressing his conviction that there should be no appointments to the Supreme Court in an election year; that the voters must have their say. I’m sure he will stay firm on this.
Sounds like somebody misunderstood Mr McConnell.
McConnell has maintained, however, that Garland's confirmation was unique in that the Senate and executive branch were controlled by different parties. That isn't the case in the wake of Ginsburg's death.
“In the last midterm election before Justice Scalia’s death in 2016, Americans elected a Republican Senate majority because we pledged to check and balance the last days of a lame-duck president’s second term. We kept our promise,” McConnell continued. “Since the 1880s, no Senate has confirmed an opposite-party president’s Supreme Court nominee in a presidential election year.”
McConnell added that “by contrast, Americans reelected our majority in 2016 and expanded it in 2018 because we pledged to work with President Trump and support his agenda, particularly his outstanding appointments to the federal judiciary.”
“Once again, we will keep our promise,” he said. “President Trump’s nominee will receive a vote on the floor of the United States Senate.”
As you said Per, "the voters must have their say".
A truly remarkable person that will be sorely missed.
But her followers need not worry, Moscow Mitch has earlier been very clear in expressing his conviction that there should be no appointments to the Supreme Court in an election year; that the voters must have their say. I’m sure he will stay firm on this.
Sounds like somebody misunderstood Mr McConnell.
McConnell has maintained, however, that Garland's confirmation was unique in that the Senate and executive branch were controlled by different parties. That isn't the case in the wake of Ginsburg's death.
“In the last midterm election before Justice Scalia’s death in 2016, Americans elected a Republican Senate majority because we pledged to check and balance the last days of a lame-duck president’s second term. We kept our promise,” McConnell continued. “Since the 1880s, no Senate has confirmed an opposite-party president’s Supreme Court nominee in a presidential election year.”
McConnell added that “by contrast, Americans reelected our majority in 2016 and expanded it in 2018 because we pledged to work with President Trump and support his agenda, particularly his outstanding appointments to the federal judiciary.”
“Once again, we will keep our promise,” he said. “President Trump’s nominee will receive a vote on the floor of the United States Senate.”
As you said Per, "the voters must have their say".
Well, I was quoting Moscow Mitch, but sure.
And in November they will,
Whatever you do, always give 100 %!
Except when donating blood.
2Fingers wrote: ↑Sun Sep 20, 2020 8:12 pm
That can't be real, no one is that messed up are they?
Yeah, I think it might be fake too, I'm not sure. Some people have done some really funny work with this clip online but the original was all I could find on youtube...
