Talk About Tennis 2.0

ti-amie wrote: ↑Tue Jul 20, 2021 7:08 pm

What a dumb tweet. There are no insults and no words in ALL CAPS. It's not presidential in the least.

AOC and Warren about Bezos' flight:
Bezos thanks Amazon customers who 'paid' for space flight, sparking criticism from Sen. Warren and AOC

It is sort of my point. If you don't like the tax rates Amazon pays, and who does, then pass the laws that will make them pay what they really should. Pass the laws that will make Amazon pay their employees what they should.
Amazon, and many others, are the beneficiary of totally unfair tax laws passed by dysfunctional governments? Whose fault is that?

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 20, 2021 11:54 pm AOC and Warren about Bezos' flight:
Bezos thanks Amazon customers who 'paid' for space flight, sparking criticism from Sen. Warren and AOC

It is sort of my point. If you don't like the tax rates Amazon pays, and who does, then pass the laws that will make them pay what they really should. Pass the laws that will make Amazon pay their employees what they should.
Amazon, and many others, are the beneficiary of totally unfair tax laws passed by dysfunctional governments? Whose fault is that?

Government and the electorate, not just the former.

the Moz wrote: ↑Wed Jul 21, 2021 11:38 am

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 20, 2021 11:54 pm AOC and Warren about Bezos' flight:
Bezos thanks Amazon customers who 'paid' for space flight, sparking criticism from Sen. Warren and AOC

It is sort of my point. If you don't like the tax rates Amazon pays, and who does, then pass the laws that will make them pay what they really should. Pass the laws that will make Amazon pay their employees what they should.
Amazon, and many others, are the beneficiary of totally unfair tax laws passed by dysfunctional governments? Whose fault is that?

Government and the electorate, not just the former.

I would phrase it electorate and the government that results from their votes. Otherwise I agree 100%

Pelosi rejects GOP's Banks, Jordan for Jan. 6 select committee, saying they may jeopardize 'integrity of the investigation'

By
Marianna Sotomayor and Jacqueline Alemany
Today at 1:45 p.m. EDT

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has rejected two of Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) picks to serve on the Jan. 6 select committee, saying the outspoken Republicans may jeopardize “the integrity of the investigation.”

McCarthy announced Monday that he would recommend Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Republican Study Committee Chairman Jim Banks (R-Ind.), noting that the two Republicans and three others represent an array of viewpoints and opinions. Both Jordan and Banks voted against certifying the election of President Biden.

“With respect for the integrity of the investigation, with an insistence on the truth and with concern about statements made and actions taken by these Members, I must reject the recommendations of Representatives Banks and Jordan to the Select Committee,” Pelosi said in a statement. “The unprecedented nature of January 6th demands this unprecedented decision.”

Pelosi, who as speaker has final say on who can serve on a committee that is set to hold its first hearing Tuesday, said that she was “prepared to appoint Representatives Rodney Davis, Kelly Armstrong and Troy E. Nehls.” All three members were seen arriving to McCarthy’s office in the Capitol for a huddle shortly after Pelosi released her statement.

In response, McCarthy issued his own statement Wednesday afternoon in which he slammed Pelosi for “an egregious abuse of power” he believes “will irreparably damage this institution.”

(...)

Tensions were already high as Democrats and Republicans spent months trying to strike a deal to move forward with a bipartisan commission that would seat nonmembers of Congress to lead the investigation, a move that failed in the Senate. Since establishing a select committee to investigate, Pelosi and McCarthy have sparred over the legitimacy of the investigation, given the speaker’s ability to have final say over who serves on the panel.

Her decision comes one week before the committee, which currently has seven Democrats and one Republican in Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), are set to hold its first hearing focused on law enforcement’s experience on Jan. 6.

Asked about the possibility of McCarthy pulling all Republicans, besides Cheney, from investigating, Pelosi said: “We have a bipartisan quorum. We can proceed.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics ... story.html

Welp.

Plan to honor Trump with banquet becomes flashpoint at one of America's most elite golf clubs
The former president has been a member of Winged Foot, one of the country's top golf clubs and host of the 2020 U.S. Open, for more than 50 years.

July 28, 2021, 5:10 PM EDT
By Jonathan Allen and Liz Brown-Kaiser

Winged Foot Golf Club in the northern suburbs of New York City is one of the most prestigious country clubs in the U.S. Membership is by invitation only, the waiting list is as long as a decade, and when people do get in, they reportedly pay $200,000 just for the initiation fee. It was the site of last year's U.S. Open tournament.

Now it has become the latest battlefront in the wars over former President Donald Trump, who has been a member of the club for more than 50 years.

Some members of Winged Foot who want to honor Trump have made quiet plans for a fancy tribute banquet at the club on Aug. 4. And that has provoked outrage from other members who think such an honor is inappropriate and are trying to get the banquet canceled. So far, they have not succeeded.

For some club members, it is a point of pride that one of their own was president. The dinner is being hosted by fellow member Ted Virtue, a longtime Trump ally, who is expected to play a round with Trump and investor Paul Queally beforehand.

But some members are furious that the club is moving forward with the plan to honor Trump, according to two sources who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

Those members were angered and disgusted by Trump's role in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol and his treatment of racial and ethnic minorities, according to a club member who spoke on the condition of anonymity to avoid retribution from fellow members. Queally repeatedly has been criticized over the years for making misogynistic, homophobic and anti-minority remarks.

The anti-Trump club members have not taken aggressive action to stop the banquet, but they have informally asked members of the board to intervene — to no avail. They believe they are speaking on behalf of employees of the club who are afraid that speaking out would cost them their jobs, the member said.

All of that makes the plan to celebrate Trump a flashpoint.

"The rich Republican Trumper members think it's great to feast the insurrectionist," the club member said. "Pathetic!"

A spokeswoman for Trump did not respond to a request for comment about the banquet and the battle over it.

It is not the first time Trump's relationship with the golfing world has been a source of controversy — nor is it Winged Foot's first experience with Trump troubles.

Republican members of the club were incensed when it declined entreaties to hang a portrait of Trump in 2017. Then-President Barack Obama was not allowed to play either of the club's courses when his aides sought tee times for him over Labor Day weekend in 2014 because of the inconvenience it would cause other members.

Winged Foot, which is in Mamaroneck, in Westchester County, had "no comment" about the latest dust-up, said a person who answered the phone at the club and then hung up.

"Club management AND board praying it comes and goes unnoticed," a club member said in a text message. "All pretty hush-hush, and no club announcement. But Secret Service will have to close down some of the course."

In January, the PGA of America backed out of its agreement to play a championship event at Trump's Bedminster, New Jersey, golf course next year, the second time it had canceled a tournament planned for a Trump property

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politi ... b-n1275130

Where does the line for jokes about Ted VIRTUE holding a banquet for Tiny starts?

Ugh, I thought this would be in Florida somewhere, but this is here in the NYC suburbs...

Gaetz, Gym Jordan and of course the former guy all have gotten free passes from the press. I don't like Cuomo one bit - he's governed as a Republican, a wolf in sheep's clothing - but lets hear the evidence. I think that if he's still standing by the end of the day I think he'll survive this. The Al Franken debacle still resonates with Democrats.