Goodbye Ruth

[Nickdfresh]

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dead at 87
David Knowles
David Knowles·Editor
Fri, September 18, 2020, 7:40 PM EDT
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg smiles during a reception at the University of Buffalo School of Law in Buffalo, New York, U.S., Aug. 26, 2019. (REUTERS/Lindsay DeDario)
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the liberal justice who was diagnosed with colon cancer in 1999, passed away Friday, the court announced in a statement.

Ginsburg, a liberal lion of the court, who was nominated by President Bill Clinton in 1993, was 87 years old.

Before her death, Ginsburg dictated a to her granddaughter Clara Spera. “My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new President is installed,” she wrote.

The decision to fill the vacancy now enters the hyperpartisan atmosphere of the 2020 race, with just weeks before the Nov. 3 election.

In February, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said that if a Supreme Court seat opened up this year, “we would fill it.”

In 2016, McConnell refused to bring up President Obama’s nominee, Merrick Garland, for a vote to fill the seat left vacant by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, with the justification that “this nomination ought to be made by the president we're in the process of electing this year."

After his election to the presidency later that year, President Trump nominated Neil Gorsuch, another conservative, to fill the vacancy. Gorscuch’s nomination was confirmed by the Senate in April 2017.

In a speech in 2018 McConnell recounted that "One of my proudest moments was when I looked Barack Obama in the eye and I said, 'Mr. President, you will not fill the Supreme Court vacancy.'"

On Sept. 9, President Trump announced a number of new names to his long list of possible Supreme Court nominees, including Republican Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas and Tom Cotton of Arkansas.

While it remains to be seen whether Trump will try to fill Ginsburg’s seat before the end of the year, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, told reporters that she would not confirm a new justice until after a new president is inaugurated next January.

Republicans still control the Senate with a slim 52 to 48 majority. But Ginsburg’s death will now become a dominant issue heading into the election, and is certain to mobilize liberal and conservative voters alike heading into November.

Throughout her career, Ginsburg was a leading advocate for gender equality and civil rights.

“Women’s rights are an essential part of the overall human rights agenda, trained on the equal dignity and ability to live in freedom all people should enjoy,” Ginsburg said.

After growing up in Brooklyn, Ginsburg attended Columbia Law School, graduating in 1959 at the top of her class. She went to take a job at Rutgers Law School in 1963, and received her first judicial appointment in 1980.

This is a developing story.

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[FORD]

Well this goddamned miserable fucking year just keeps getting better all the time :puke:

MEMO to Yertle the Turtle: Don't even fucking think about it.

[twonabomber]

MEMO to Yertle the Turtle: Don't even fucking think about it.

You don't think Nancy and Chuck would show up first thing Monday morning with a list of nominees?

[FORD]

Nancy & Chuck aren't the ones who set the precedent by not allowing Fat Tony Scalia to be replaced when he died in February of an election year. Which is considerably further away from that election than we are from the one this year.

Bitch McTurtle wanted to send the Senate home for their usual "vacation" (READ: district fundraising time) this weekend. I think he should stick to that plan.

[78/84 guy]

You don't think Nancy and Chuck would show up first thing Monday morning with a list of nominees?

Two of the biggest pigs in government history. FUCKING EMBARRASSING people vote for slim like this. Yet Trumps a douce ? Spare me man.

[Nickdfresh]

I hope McBitch does have a nominee, it will be the effective end of the Republican party as anything other an a perma-opposition one if they try to overturn Roe...

[FORD]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQC6yK1oHiY

[FORD]

Miss Lindsay should be a "NO" vote on any new Justice.... because he demanded we hold him to his own words on the subject.....


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCnCKCFhKBc

[Nickdfresh]

I am guessing no way they try to push through a judge in this polarised climate where Trump is shitting the bed in most every box. But who knows with these felching bags of irrational fuck..

[Seshmeister]

Rapist for aisle 3?

She should have retired years ago. So weird this USA worship of the old.

[Seshmeister]

I am guessing no way they try to push through a judge in this polarised climate where Trump is shitting the bed in most every box.

I kind of love you still have that positive attitude at this point but please don't bet actual money on it...

[FORD]

I think Joe Biden should be forced to nominate Antia Hill to the Supreme Court. Karmic payback for him AND Clarence Thomas.

Of course she's 64 years old, so she would be on the court for a much shorter term than most of them, but she's already better qualified than Opie Roberts or Rapey Brett.

[Nickdfresh]

I kind of love you still have that positive attitude at this point but please don't bet actual money on it...

There are 44 days to the election, the only judge confirmed to the Supreme Court in less than that was Ginsberg herself in 42 days. There are many ways to gum the works but I do like those odds actually. And this is assuming Mitch actually believes what he is saying and he may just be putting on a show for the benefit of his base. We're also assuming all Republican's have the votes...

[Nickdfresh]

I think Joe Biden should be forced to nominate Antia Hill to the Supreme Court. Karmic payback for him AND Clarence Thomas.

Of course she's 64 years old, so she would be on the court for a much shorter term than most of them, but she's already better qualified than Opie Roberts or Rapey Brett.

OMFG Ford let it go, Thomas in an ineffectual empty vessel...

[Seshmeister]

There are 44 days to the election, the only judge confirmed to the Supreme Court in less than that was Ginsberg herself in 42 days. There are many ways to gum the works but I do like those odds actually. And this is assuming Mitch actually believes what he is saying and he may just be putting on a show for the benefit of his base. We're also assuming all Republican's have the votes...

Even if Trump loses the election can his nominee not still be put in before he leaves next year?

At the moment there is a good chance the Republicans will keep the senate or near as dammit.

https://scontent-lht6-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/119648750_2755481251394117_8773597673346201734_n.j pg?_nc_cat=100&_nc_sid=8bfeb9&_nc_ohc=RmzAYaAiuLsAX9p5o3g&_nc_ht=scontent-lht6-1.xx&oh=05ccf5a417a37294c71e26a06c5c74a8&oe=5F8E0C8D

[Kristy]

Well this goddamned miserable fucking year just keeps getting better all the time :puke:

MEMO to Yertle the Turtle: Don't even fucking think about it.

Yeah, and we all have you whining Bernie Brats to thank for it.

[FORD]

There are 44 days to the election, the only judge confirmed to the Supreme Court in less than that was Ginsberg herself in 42 days. There are many ways to gum the works but I do like those odds actually. And this is assuming Mitch actually believes what he is saying and he may just be putting on a show for the benefit of his base. We're also assuming all Republican's have the votes...

All the Republicans who thought a President shouldn't nominate with 10 months left in an election year in 2016 are twisting themselves up with hypocrisy to justify why this Orange piece of shit should get to pick a new judge 6 weeks away from an election that he seems likely to lose.

I made the mistake of watching George Snuffalupagus for a little bit this morning, and he had Ted "Government Shutdowns are FUN" Cruz on, and it was amazing (and sickening) to see him twist himself into a hysterical hypocrite pretzel....


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3FB5bjFRuQ

[FORD]

Yeah, and we all have you whining Bernie Brats to thank for it.

To the contrary... if the primary had not been stolen, RBG would have been retired by now, and President Sanders would have already replaced her with somebody as good or better. Hillary probably would have nominated the Republican Merrick Garland again.

[ZahZoo]

Nancy & Chuck aren't the ones who set the precedent by not allowing Fat Tony Scalia to be replaced when he died in February of an election year. Which is considerably further away from that election than we are from the one this year.

Bitch McTurtle wanted to send the Senate home for their usual "vacation" (READ: district fundraising time) this weekend. I think he should stick to that plan.

February in an election year is significantly different than mid-Sept in an election year...

I don't think it's politically prudent to even attempt to push this appointment under any reasonable conditions or psychosis... If we're going to be even remotely realistic... no way Washington could get through the process by year end. Don't see it happening...

[FORD]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dizN3ZV63A

[Seshmeister]

I made the mistake of watching George Snuffalupagus for a little bit this morning, and he had Ted "Government Shutdowns are FUN" Cruz on, and it was amazing (and sickening) to see him twist himself into a hysterical hypocrite pretzel....



Come on this is Cruz...


https://img.ifunny.co/images/bd646a92c1b3675b9464f93158aea3763be449bdcb062bed13 c9b2af03d207b5_1.jpg

[Nickdfresh]

To the contrary... if the primary had not been stolen, RBG would have been retired by now, and President Sanders would have already replaced her with somebody as good or better. Hillary probably would have nominated the Republican Merrick Garland again.

C'mon Ford, I admire her but she probably should have retired when Obama was in like in 2014 or 15'...

[FORD]

C'mon Ford, I admire her but she probably should have retired when Obama was in like in 2014 or 15'...

Sure you can make a case for that. I was responding to Kristy's ridiculous idea that Bernie and/or his supporters were somehow to blame. Actually I do think RBG took a gamble, but sadly the odds were not forever in her favor. There are rumors that she was actually planning a retirement in early 2016, but then Fat Tony died, and McTurtle cockblocked his replacement for nearly a year. After that, I can't blame her for not retiring.

[Funkmonkey]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dizN3ZV63A

I just want to point out that RBG's 'last dying wish', as AOC says, is irrelevant to the process for appointment and confirmation of a Supreme Court justice. I also want to point out that politicians routinely lie and could care less about hypocrisy. And every politician wants their guy in.

Shocker.

That is all.

[Funkmonkey]

AOC is cute, though. But I can't listen to her speak; it dampens the fantasy.

[Nitro Express]

[QUOTE=Funkmonkey;1945392]AOC is cute, though. But I can't listen to her speak; it dampens the fantasy.[/QUOTE

A monkey slapping the monkey to CSPAN on mute.

[FORD]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewpUaupX_hY

[Kristy]

Sure you can make a case for that. I was responding to Kristy's ridiculous idea that Bernie and/or his supporters were somehow to blame.

Right there! Right there ladies and gentlemen is why slave FORD is a fucking asshole. You Bernie shits with your self-entitlement and bellyaching that if your free beer, pussy and pizza-loving old fool can't get in than what's the point showing up to the voting precincts. So thanks to you we have ol' F A T T Y. It's that simple. Now I know it's difficult for you Bernie shits to take any personal responsibility with your never worked a day in your miserable lives existence and a warped belief that you have a god damn right to everything.

Look at your shitty YouGoob post. Rich Millennial fucktards with their expensive microphones, identification lighting and shitty beards telling me what in the fuck to think when they're not at all worried about eviction, loss of employment or where their god damn next meal is coming from. You dumb motherfuckers love ol' F A T T Y. You cannot get enough of him when all you have to offer is derivative news delivered by shitfucked in the head Millennials who all drive BMW's to their podcast offices. You'll give ol' F A T T Y another 4 years to hate fuck America out of existence thinking you're immune from your actions as long as your dupe other shitheads into believing that your lame ass criticisms make any difference.

Get the fuck out of here.

[FORD]

Better change your dispensary, because whatever strain of weed your smoking lately ain't doing a goddamned thing for your temprament. :bong:

[FORD]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noQElIYxYEA

[FORD]

I think I found "ELVIS"......


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkhvu2Vqyc8

:puke:

[FORD]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzg5M4LwFF4

[FORD]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05akIfyyRcU

[FORD]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xqb3GznQ4d4
Republicans being hypocrites is nothing new, of course.... but to do a complete 180 degree flip flop on everything about Cheeto the way Miss Lindsey has, that IS unusual. It's almost like Cheeto or Putin has something on him.... and it ain't just the fact that he's gay, because even the inbreds in South Carolina have figured out that much by now. I'm guessing it's more a problem of the Mark Foley variety, where he's been getting busy with teenage boys.:anal: And somebody's got a video of it. Possibly stored on the same hard drive as Cheeto's alleged "pee pee tape" :monekyr:

[Seshmeister]

If you had Lindsay Graham in a movie as a dodgy politician people would think his character was unrealistically too extremely bad.

[Kristy]

Oh dear, oh dear. More useless and spotless horseshit posted by slave FORD and his pseudo-left hipster "news" media outlets.


4 more years of ol' F A T T Y is inevitable thanks to these fuckwits.

[ZahZoo]

All this whining and crying... Harry Reid sure left a legacy...

I think it's too early to say who prevails in this mess... well the logical choice is the mess with prevail. That is all...

[Kristy]

Better change your dispensary, because whatever strain of weed your smoking lately ain't doing a goddamned thing for your temprament. :bong:

Everybody knows you're a agent provocateur who takes Koch money and has been for years.

[FORD]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mu3W0jJrEGM

[Nitro Express]

All this whining and crying... Harry Reid sure left a legacy...

I think it's too early to say who prevails in this mess... well the logical choice is the mess with prevail. That is all...

The country breaks up because we can't stand each other and nothing ever gets done because of it.

[Nitro Express]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mu3W0jJrEGM

Well hell. He really would shit his pants if he found out she really croaked because someone in New Orleans had a RBG voodoo doll and used voodoo spells to kill her.

[Nitro Express]

February in an election year is significantly different than mid-Sept in an election year...

I don't think it's politically prudent to even attempt to push this appointment under any reasonable conditions or psychosis... If we're going to be even remotely realistic... no way Washington could get through the process by year end. Don't see it happening...

Getting the Republican senate to do anything quick is like starting a diesel motor when it's -30 F. But hell, it's 2020 where weird things happen. The
Republicans might actually do something efficiently for once.

[Nitro Express]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xqb3GznQ4d4
Republicans being hypocrites is nothing new, of course.... but to do a complete 180 degree flip flop on everything about Cheeto the way Miss Lindsey has, that IS unusual. It's almost like Cheeto or Putin has something on him.... and it ain't just the fact that he's gay, because even the inbreds in South Carolina have figured out that much by now. I'm guessing it's more a problem of the Mark Foley variety, where he's been getting busy with teenage boys.:anal: And somebody's got a video of it. Possibly stored on the same hard drive as Cheeto's alleged "pee pee tape" :monekyr:

He probably DP'd a 14 year old on Epstein's plane with Bill.

[Seshmeister]

This is some super complicated politics for the Republicans, The USA consistently polls 2-1 against repealing Roe v. Wade so if they do force through another nutjob right wing weirdo onto the supreme court it could cause a backlash of losing big in the election. The counter is that may be worth it as presidents and senates come and go but you can have the court for decades.

[Nickdfresh]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xqb3GznQ4d4
Republicans being hypocrites is nothing new, of course.... but to do a complete 180 degree flip flop on everything about Cheeto the way Miss Lindsey has, that IS unusual. It's almost like Cheeto or Putin has something on him.... and it ain't just the fact that he's gay, because even the inbreds in South Carolina have figured out that much by now. I'm guessing it's more a problem of the Mark Foley variety, where he's been getting busy with teenage boys.:anal: And somebody's got a video of it. Possibly stored on the same hard drive as Cheeto's alleged "pee pee tape" :monekyr:

John McCain is waiting for Lindsey weak-piss in hell. Not because John McCain went to hell, but because John McCain is going to impale his asshole on an Eifel Tower....

[Nickdfresh]

Getting the Republican senate to do anything quick is like starting a diesel motor when it's -30 F. But hell, it's 2020 where weird things happen. The
Republicans might actually do something efficiently for once.

They might not be lockstep actually, some under the knife like Collins might vote no...

[Nickdfresh]

This is some super complicated politics for the Republicans, The USA consistently polls 2-1 against repealing Roe v. Wade so if they do force through another nutjob right wing weirdo onto the supreme court it could cause a backlash of losing big in the election. The counter is that may be worth it as presidents and senates come and go but you can have the court for decades.

It's an absolute lose-lose, which is why they're batshit if they are actually serious and follow through....

[Seshmeister]

It's interesting though because these people care about absolutely nothing at this point apart from their status so it's all a big gamble. With no ideology or moral framework left post Trump it becomes a complicated chess game.

Moscow Mitch himself doesn't know what to do which is why he was running around the last few days telling these great senators of the United States of America to say nothing until they work out what could work.

[Seshmeister]

Lindsey Graham is still favourite to hold onto his seat.

How could anyone vote for that?

[Nickdfresh]

Lindsey Graham is still favourite to hold onto his seat.

How could anyone vote for that?

Yes, but very close at 1%...

[Nickdfresh]

He probably DP'd a 14 year old on Epstein's plane with Bill.

No, Bill only does girls....

[Funkmonkey]

[QUOTE=Funkmonkey;1945392]AOC is cute, though. But I can't listen to her speak; it dampens the fantasy.[/QUOTE

A monkey slapping the monkey to CSPAN on mute.


Slap the monkey? Sir, I full-up spank the monkey!

[FORD]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjFJk2vutAQ

[FORD]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oQR5YbbqKA

[FORD]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXagSjbQOmE

[FORD]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePS1r7zzEbc

[Kristy]

More Koch propaganda.

[Funkmonkey]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjFJk2vutAQ


Dammit FORD, this is clickbait! I fast-forwarded all through that video and did not find any AOC except for the damn thumbnail. There's a monkey that needs spankin' dammit. Get with the program! :monekyr: :monekyr: :monekyr: :monekyr: :monekyr:

[FORD]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzMjX4GvP8o
well..... at least the idiot wore a mask, for once. :biggrin:

[ZahZoo]

This is some super complicated politics for the Republicans, The USA consistently polls 2-1 against repealing Roe v. Wade so if they do force through another nutjob right wing weirdo onto the supreme court it could cause a backlash of losing big in the election. The counter is that may be worth it as presidents and senates come and go but you can have the court for decades.

The importance played up on Roe v. Wade in these appointments is baffling... you are right, most the nation opposes repealing it. As you saw with the last 2 appointments with Gorsuch and Kavanaugh cases related to abortion didn't magically rise to the SC to be worked. Same with the ACA. This time will be no different.

Filtering out the noise... I believe this appointment will get pushed through before the election for one simple reason. Eliminate the 4-4 numbers and put the potential for a deciding vote with 9 jurors on the bench. First challenge for the court before New Years... will be sorting out the mess this election will create.

[Seshmeister]

Four out of five of the Republican appointed judges were by presidents who lost the popular vote. The senate is incredibly undemocratic. This all means your very politicised and more powerful than ever supreme court doesn't reflect the voters.

What you will have is the opinions of what a minority of people thought about society 30 years previously. You can see how people are getting pissed off. Also Trump is lying saying that your votes are corrupt and clearly hoping that the court will have the final say in any dispute as you say.

Looking from the outside this is looking like a possible attempted coup of your system, it wouldn't be the first time its been done like this in other countries.

[ZahZoo]

As has been shown recently by Chief Justice Roberts... coming from a conservative background doesn't guarantee rulings that always align with conservative wishes from the court. Most of the justices are really intelligent people and their decisions flow better with the point of law rather than the whims of political bullshit.

To me, that's a saving grace of all this... these judges aren't just lemmings riding the popular political train of the day.

It helps to remember that a conservative judge tends to align their decisions with a fairly strict interpretation of the Constitution rather than the popular ideas of today which favor more progressive/liberal elements that do not align with the Constitution.

[FORD]

Opie Roberts is first and foremost a corporatist. Any case involving corporate profits, he's for it... whichever side benefits the corporations more. That's why Republicans were confused by his vote on "Obamacare" but he wasn't siding with the "liberals", he was siding with the insurance companies & big pharma.

In the cases where no corporate money is involved, Roberts isn't entirely a hardline conservative. Which is a good thing, because it shows he has more of a brain than Thomas or Alito. Or Rapey Brett. :beers8:

On the other hand, one of RBG's last votes was actually in FAVOR of a gas pipeline being built under the Appalachian Trail, so even the best justices have some votes which lead to serious head scratching. :headscratch: (fortunately, that ill fated project fell apart a week or so after the court decision and the toxic pipeline isn't being built after all)

[FORD]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvrhDNG3bqQ

[FORD]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvK1mxaUp7I

[FORD]

https://youtu.be/NHgOWEmVE0Y

[ZahZoo]

On the other hand, one of RBG's last votes was actually in FAVOR of a gas pipeline being built under the Appalachian Trail, so even the best justices have some votes which lead to serious head scratching. :headscratch: (fortunately, that ill fated project fell apart a week or so after the court decision and the toxic pipeline isn't being built after all)

That killed a lot of jobs in the pipeline industry. My son is a master welder... If you celebrate killing that pipeline deal thinking it was somehow bad for the environment... wait until the 50-60 year old existing infrastructure that's falling apart fails and causes 200 times more environmental impact plus drives energy costs through the roof for the most populated portion of the US.

The eastern US isn't going to running on green energy anytime in the next 20-40 years... do you really want all that oil and natural gas hauled in there via trains and trucks... which also don't run on green energy. Think about it...

[Seshmeister]

The eastern US isn't going to running on green energy anytime in the next 20-40 years...

That's a sad admission, I think Europe will be and maybe even China so the US will be the dirty guy of the world as the eastern seaboard goes under water?

It's a pity your son can't get work welding wind turbines....

[Kristy]

Democracy Now!

Now you know slave FORD is really scrapping the bottom of the barrel.


Oh well, 4 more years of ol F A T T Y thanks to him and his lazy liberal ilk. The only upshot I see is that ol' F A T T Y will have killed off more than 3/4 of America's obese, lazy, Catholic Qtard population by the time his second term ends.

[FORD]

Don't worry Slave Kristy. Under the theocracy of Holy Emperor Pence, enforced by Supreme Biblical Court Justice Amy Culty Batshit, you won't have to worry about such things as liberal journalists speaking the truth anymore. Those blasphemous heathen heretics will be sent to the camps for Godly re-education.

https://www.thepresentisperfect.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/thehandmaidstale-uitspraken-1024x743.jpg

Under His Eye, Slave Kristy!! :meinsmiley:

[Nickdfresh]

Don't worry Slave Kristy. Under the theocracy of Holy Emperor Pence, enforced by Supreme Biblical Court Justice Amy Culty Batshit, you won't have to worry about such things as liberal journalists speaking the truth anymore. Those blasphemous heathen heretics will be sent to the camps for Godly re-education.

https://www.thepresentisperfect.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/thehandmaidstale-uitspraken-1024x743.jpg

Under His Eye, Slave Kristy!! :meinsmiley:

Yeah but Pence will dress a guy up in those robes...

[Nitro Express]

That killed a lot of jobs in the pipeline industry. My son is a master welder... If you celebrate killing that pipeline deal thinking it was somehow bad for the environment... wait until the 50-60 year old existing infrastructure that's falling apart fails and causes 200 times more environmental impact plus drives energy costs through the roof for the most populated portion of the US.

The eastern US isn't going to running on green energy anytime in the next 20-40 years... do you really want all that oil and natural gas hauled in there via trains and trucks... which also don't run on green energy. Think about it...

I'v been hearing all this since the 1970's. It get's old.

[ZahZoo]

That's a sad admission, I think Europe will be and maybe even China so the US will be the dirty guy of the world as the eastern seaboard goes under water?

It's a pity your son can't get work welding wind turbines....

Somewhat sad... given so many are led to believe renewable energy is widely available or in use... only 11% of the US energy consumption comes from "green" energy and at best 17% is generated from renewable sources. Many of those renewable sources are hydro-electric dams... not wind or solar.

I suspect Europe isn't that much better.

The reality is fossil fuels will be powering the planet for many more decades. Even under the most optimistic circumstances could the major population centers of the world even approach 50% of of generation or use of renewable energy in say 20-40 years..? I don't see it at the current adoption rates even in 50 years.

[Seshmeister]

Somewhat sad... given so many are led to believe renewable energy is widely available or in use... only 11% of the US energy consumption comes from "green" energy and at best 17% is generated from renewable sources. Many of those renewable sources are hydro-electric dams... not wind or solar.

I suspect Europe isn't that much better.



That's the big problem with a lot of Americans, you live in a bubble and never look at how other countries do things better than you do.

Scotland is 90% renewable electricity and increasing. The UK as a whole is over 30% and we need to do a lot better. Meanwhile you guys just shrug.

[Kristy]

That's the big problem with a lot of Americans, you live in a bubble and never look at how other countries do things better than you do.

Like what? Defend yourselves? You tree tossing, kilt-wearing, shit whiskey puking, unbathed ginger pussies live in your own bubble of tourism and xenophobic ignorance. Yeah, when one thinks of all the great accomplishments the Scottish do in the world all you have to offer is stereotypes and garbled language.


Scotland is 90% renewable electricity and increasing. The UK as a whole is over 30% and we need to do a lot better. Meanwhile you guys just shrug.

I see. Must be nice to do that when AMERICA is paying for your defense. When China and/or Russia invade your rat-infested castle shithole what are you going to do? Throw some tartan on some solar panels and hope they go away? You Euro trash are a bubble of thanklessness and terminal stupidity. When ol' F A T T Y guts your military funding (which he will for everybody except of course, Israel) nobody will still understand your accents even when spoken in Mandarin.

Just remember to thank slave FORD and his band of self-entitled Bernie Brats for it.

Have a lovely day.

[Kristy]

See? It's shittards like this pseudo-intellectual assholes who slave FORD worships is why we have ol' F A T T Y

https://youtu.be/MnpZA_wrYfE

[Funkmonkey]

Quote Originally Posted by Seshmeister View Post
Scotland is 90% renewable electricity and increasing. The UK as a whole is over 30% and we need to do a lot better. Meanwhile you guys just shrug.

I see. Must be nice to do that when AMERICA is paying for your defense. When China and/or Russia invade your rat-infested castle shithole what are you going to do? Throw some tartan on some solar panels and hope they go away? You Euro trash are a bubble of thanklessness and terminal stupidity. When ol' F A T T Y guts your military funding (which he will for everybody except of course, Israel) nobody will still understand your accents even when spoken in Mandarin.


Kristy makes a fair point, minus all the castle shithole / terminal stupidity stuff. Western Europe has for many years enjoyed a budget for non-military activities and projects because in part of their relying on protection from NATO/US. The UK military is formidable, and have The Bomb, but the reason why NATO-aligned countries do not get overrun by their enemies is because of threat of war with the United States.

[Seshmeister]

I don't agree. If the US left NATO it would be a blow but the Russians and Chinese wouldn't be attacking any member any time soon. We've already had a trial run for the last 4 years with a Russian puppet in charge of the US. You think Trump would have gone to war with Russia to save Latvia?

Also as a side point on the funding of the US military compared to other countries you have to take a third off because spending includes all that healthcare and education stuff that doesn't come out of military budgets in other western countries who provide it to all their people military and not.

[ZahZoo]

That's the big problem with a lot of Americans, you live in a bubble and never look at how other countries do things better than you do.

Scotland is 90% renewable electricity and increasing. The UK as a whole is over 30% and we need to do a lot better. Meanwhile you guys just shrug.

You do have to account for geographical size and population to compare these things...

Scotland is closest in size to South Carolina. 41st in size of the states in the US.

The top 10 metropolitan areas around major cities in the US have more people and infrastructure than the entire country of Scotland.

We don't just shrug... it takes a whole lot more to convert something of this size.

[Nitro Express]

https://www.jacksonwy.gov/282/100-Renewable-Electricity

We have 100% renewable energy where I live.

[Nitro Express]

I don't agree. If the US left NATO it would be a blow but the Russians and Chinese wouldn't be attacking any member any time soon. We've already had a trial run for the last 4 years with a Russian puppet in charge of the US. You think Trump would have gone to war with Russia to save Latvia?

Also as a side point on the funding of the US military compared to other countries you have to take a third off because spending includes all that healthcare and education stuff that doesn't come out of military budgets in other western countries who provide it to all their people military and not.

You realize the US covertly put Putin in power don’t you? The reason why is Yelstin was not tough enough to keep Russia together and when you have a country that big full of nukes you need a tough guy to keep the country together and keep it secure. Usually what the idiot politicians jaw jack about or what the media covers is usually a bunch of film flam. Most the politicians are on the take. They will take money from anyone. All this talk about Russia when China is a much bigger problem.

[FORD]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s00UoGAIGWE

[FORD]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YchcWR8Go8

[FORD]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhVGEeg_360

[FORD]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JRA4aQytAU
Wonder what Clarence Thomas thinks about that?

[FORD]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ReTu8yX3ts

[FORD]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0T6DGzhdVA

[FORD]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50XRR_voMko