That State Dept. staff chart is bananas. The institutional memory loss must be near-catastrophic.
Hopefully they’ll come back after the civil war.
Should I just blow my head off now and get it over with? A lot of this shit seems to be heading into insane conspiracy theory territory in a real hurry. I’m honestly starting to doubt whether I’m buying way too much into the tinfoil hat shit, or if it’s really this bad.
And to think we could have avoided this shitstorm by electing Mccain or Romney in the previous elections.
I think Romney had the better chance. For me, Palin as VP killed any desire I had to vote for McCain.
Don’t you know how regulations work, Telefrog? They are like firewall rules, nobody ever reviews them, but when they do, it is a perfect opportunity to clean house of all that useless cruft protecting things nobody cares about, like the environment, or foreign trade, or government process.
He did promise to do it, so he’s making good.
There it is:
[quote]
White House officials are calling the directive a “one in, two out” plan. It requires government agencies requesting a new regulation to identify two regulations they will cut from their own departments.
Officials say the president is ordering that there be a zero dollar budget for new regulations through the rest of fiscal year 2017. The White House and agencies will work on a budget for regulations in upcoming years.
There are some exceptions in the executive action for emergencies and national security.[/quote]
What does that even mean? They literally cannot work on promulgating regulations? What about statutorily mandated regulations? Does it apply to things like SEC no action letters?
You’re focusing on the wrong things! He just fulfilled another campaign promise. Best. President. Evar.
Who gives a shit if it actually makes any sense or can be actually applied.
Timex
4796
It’s designed to appeal to idiots, as it’s easy to understand on its surface, even if it’s nonsensical when you think about it.
And that’s even better, actually, because then when folks who know things point out that it’s stupid, Trump’s team just says, “These elitist egg heads just don’t like it, so you know it’s great!”
And Trump supporters will eat it up. It’s right up their alley.
Clay
4797
This is a few days old, but funny nonetheless.
Wouldn’t it be easier to just stop travelling to the US than to disclose everything - I know I put it on the no-fly-list after the PATRIOT act was implemented… Unless you’re under duress/forced, and I guess even then you could stop bringing any electronics with you, and I suppose creating alternative ‘blank’ social network profiles to make a “footprint”.
Good times.
I’m supposed to be in the US right now for a bi-annual corporate event. I feigned family commitments as I had no desire whatsoever to embark on a US trip right as the uncertainty of a Trump presidency was taking form.
In fairness, I do have a 4 month pregnant wife, but fuck travelling to the US right now. But I’m Australian, so I can make an easy decision to just not go. Not so all the people that aren’t in such a position to stay where they are without the threat of harm to their person or families.
KevinC
4800
No way in hell I’d risk flying into this country right now. I don’t blame you one bit.
I’m nervous for my parents. They’re going to be getting on a plane soon and heading back to the U.S. to arrive here on Wednesday. Their trip was planned before the election btw. Pakistan is not on the list of countries yet, and they are U.S. citizens, so theoretically there shouldn’t be any problems. But you never know right now. Plus my 85 year old father hasn’t been in good health lately so I’m constantly worried about him anyway.
KevinC
4802
Sorry to hear that, @Rock8man. Can you believe we’re even having this type of worry in the United States of America?
Hope your parents land safely.
CraigM
4803
Only because most people couldn’t find it on a map, and forget that that’s where they found Bin Laden. Hope their travels go well,and nothing happens between now and Wednesday.
KevinC
4804
It’s so hard keeping all those *stans straight. And who was this Stan guy, anyway?
