Just like 800,000 federal employees!
— karl stone
And their families. :sad: — frank
It's times like this that I wish Sarah Palin were back running the show in Alaska. It was only her steely resolve, diplomatic finesse, and deep knowledge of the intricacies of geopolitics which kept Russia at bay (did you know you can see Russia from Alaska? Really see it!).It would be great to see the response by Americans and in the media. Because as the Russians routinely check the response times of the USAF, if the aircraft remain grounded, the Russians will surely violate US airspace — ssu
Roger Stone. Any relation to you? — Metaphysician Undercover
Yep.It's times like this that I wish Sarah Palin were back running the show in Alaska. It was only her steely resolve, diplomatic finesse, and deep knowledge of the intricacies of geopolitics which kept Russia at bay (did you know you can see Russia from Alaska? Really see it!). — Arkady
And their pets! Think of the puppies! — karl stone
Karl, I'm concerned that you might have become a zombie. — frank
That's exactly what I would expect a zombie to ask. — frank
Trump is a largely incompetent blowhard who lurches from one ill-conceived idea to the next. — Arkady
California is equivalent to something like Germany being the 5th biggest economy in the World (if counted separately). Hence if these state level actors would actively start creating their own relations because Washington DC isn't capable of doing it, that might make things interesting. As long as they get their agenda pushed through their people in Congress, everything works fine. But if for some reason it becomes even worse than now, states may opt being more independent. Yet the biggest obstacle for true secession is an ideological and truly important one: Californians relate to being Americans, not being separate as Californians. Even with the Texans, their brief stint with independence is more of a peculiar historical oddity now, not something that Texans truly relate to. Nothing compared for example to the Scots and their heritage of Scotland or how it is with Catalonia and Spain.If the states start doing something that the federal government doesn't like, the President and Congress have a certain amount of latitude in reigning them in. (California for instance, being an especially large state and large economy, has a lot of economic muscle to throw around, and has butted heads with the federal government on certain issues, e.g. emission standards for autos.) — Arkady
Only because you have no braaaaains! — karl stone
I think you're stuck in the president's reality distortion field. Do you have any aluminum foil? — frank
It would probably be less environmentally damaging just to spray a whole can of hairspray on my head everyday — karl stone
It would probably be less environmentally damaging just to spray a whole can of hairspray on my head everyday
— karl stone
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