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Joe Biden is now officially the 46th President of the United States of America

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Lacius

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My initial source was debunking the "only 9% to the American people" claim, so your assumption of a conservative source is incorrect. It leans slightly to the left, in fact (https://guides.lib.umich.edu/c.php?g=637508&p=4462444 ) . Again, better than 15% of the bill can't even be spun in COVID's direction.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...own-spending-covid-19-relief-bill/6887487002/

Please read it and look at all of the fluff added. The 15% I said is FACT. "the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget" said it themselves.

Here is a conservative take on it, that I doubt you will read. And even if you do read it, you will likely see no problem with the fact that much of this money isn't even being spent this fiscal year, or the next...

https://reason.com/2021/02/18/biden...as-almost-nothing-to-do-with-the-coronavirus/


Hell, the OMNIBUS spending bill, as pretty much always, had shit slipped in that has nothing to do with the budget or spending whatsoever! I'm sure most people here don't care... but take vape mail for example. Many shops who's livelihood depended upon internet sales (and my only way of getting my own supply while serving the country overseas), have had to close their doors. Because that was slipped into the budget and is now law. Mind you, this was a budget that HAD TO BE SIGNED, 'less you lot blame Trump for another government shutdown. The law may not have seen the light of day otherwise. So no matter your feelings on vaping... how the hell can you justify it being put into our BUDGET? This is how Democrats roll.

https://vaping360.com/vape-news/107...-mail-force-online-sellers-into-the-pact-act/

Nearly the entire bill is related to the COVID-19 pandemic when you include the economic stimulus meant to help the economy recover from the effects of COVID-19. Your own sources debunk the idea that it's only 9%, 15%, etc., and they even say it's closer to 85-99%. I'm not quite sure what your point is.

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You didn't succeed with shit. I never said anything about the rate. He had the lowest unemployment. Period. Full stop. And yes, it was because of his policies, and incentivizing companies to have more presence in the US. Then COVID hit. And all the Democrats called him a racist xenophobe for trying to restrict flights from China. Oh, wait... What did Biden just to about India again? What did Pelosi do? Oh, that's right... got on the news, went to Chinatown, and told everyone to come on over and have a good time. Sure... all Trump's fault and his handling of the pandemic. https://khn.org/news/article/fact-c...on-vaccine-contracts-and-supply-not-accurate/


"Trump created 6.6 million jobs before the COVID-19 pandemic shut the economy down. The new jobs his policies created represented a 4.3% increase over the 152.2 million people working at the end of Obama's term."

All found here, cupcake, if numbers aren't too hard for you: https://www.bls.gov/data/#employment

Trump has done a lot more than you lot give him credit for. All while the Dems were biting at his ankles like the dogs that they are. THE. ENTIRE. TIME.
The fact of the matter is the former administration's policies had no effect on the economy and rate of job growth until the pandemic hit. The monthly job gains were unchanged after Obama left office, until the pandemic hit. I'm sorry if this is inconvenient for you.
 
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So so stupid of Biden for getting rid of Trump's draconian laws that discriminated against people based on sexual orientation or gender identity.

And if you actually study the law that has been rolled back it is all to do with making sure trans people are not discriminated against when it comes to health care it has NOTHING to do with pronouns so your little meme doesn't even make any fucking sense as to what Biden actually did.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1266823
Did your country? Failed to fetch tweet https://twitter.com/OrwellNGoode/status/1391831578607865862
 

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My country is Scotland not Britain and if you knew anything you would know our laws are totally different to the rest of Great Britain so nice try but you failed miserably
kinda funny to see people that don't live here worry about stuff that is none of their business when their own countries are a mess and going into collapse :rofl:
 

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My country is Scotland not Britain and if you knew anything you would know our laws are totally different to the rest of Great Britain so nice try but you failed miserably :rofl:
Please.
Most of the new law is inherited from the EU which the rest of the UK generally falls in line with (maybe fell in line one day but unlikely because trade ties and all that).
Prior to 2019 a fairly minor conversion course not out of line with any continued professional development
https://www.lawscot.org.uk/qualifyi...lifying-into-scotland/intra-uk-transfer-test/
Today it changed a tiny bit but you get several areas chopped off the list of necessary exams
https://www.lawscot.org.uk/qualifyi...cottish-solicitor/requalifying-into-scotland/
Much the same in reverse as well.
It is probably harder to go between states in the US than it to go between parts of the UK.

This is also not discussing the West Lothian thing.
 
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For those that are interested in the audits there some odd things happening
Maricopa County Bombshell: Missing Passwords, Routers in Arizona Audit, Emergency Senate Session Called
https://twitter.com/kylenabecker/status/1391907550036119552
The "audit" is a joke that you probably shouldn't be bringing attention to. There was already an audit that showed nothing, it's a fishing expedition solely because there were Democratic votes with no reason to think there was fraud, the so-called audit is being run by an organization with no experience with auditing elections, it's by a Q-anon believing conspiracy theorist, it's blocked off from the press, the methods of the supposed audit are being kept secret, election integrity was violated in part when the supposed auditors had colored markers that could alter ballots in a way that would affect how they're read, and now they're fishing for bamboo because of unsubstantiated conspiracy theories. It's an embarrassment, and even some notable Arizona Republicans have admitted it
 

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Some good news for the UK people here commenting on US stuff
citizens will be required to show photo IDs in order to vote in general elections In the UK
after the so call Biden steal is good other nations are upping the security of elections
https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1391866597510459400
A rather pointless exercise considering at the last General Election there was only one voter convicted of voter fraud and zero evidence of any other fake votes occurring. When you also concider 25% of people (a lot of them youngsters) in the UK don't have any form photo ID then this new law is actually going to affect the amount of votes all parties receive.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.th...-speech-photo-id-future-elections-social-care
 

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Voter id laws suck ass boooo
The only good thing about it happening here is it makes it a lot harder for bad loser's and conspiracy nutters to make bullshit claims about voter fraud. Not that any political party here would ever be that dumb to stoop that low in the first place anyway.
 

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We are all playing checkers meanwhile seliph is playing 4d chess
It's my way of coping with this thread. Gotta have something stimulating or my brain will go to mush listening to the same inane political takes over and over again. I highly recommend it
 
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>implying your brain isn't already mush
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