Looking at SCOTUS, if Rubio or Cruz get in then liberals best start praying for Breyer and Ginsburg's health !
That's hopeless, I think. They are not both going to see the sun rise in 2024. From the liberal point of view the Democrats simply have to win.
Indeed, the next President could end up appointing three or four justices.
OTOH Scalia and Kennedy are both 79 too...
Yes, but as Kennedy swings both ways you are really looking at 1.5 conservatives and 2.5 liberals on the glide path.
Some of these Justices should think seriously about retiring before Obama becomes even more ineffectual (we will notice when he has actually left office won't we?)
Would Obama be able to get a confirmation through the Senate in time though? The GOP could stall until after the election and if they win then just continue stalling until it is too late.
He's still got 11 months. But he should be working on it now.
Trump is really entertaining. He's funny...I mean he is genuinely funny. The most entertaining politician of my lifetime- and we've had some corkers, Alan Clarke and George Gallaway spring to mind.
Rubio comes across as the child of a Stepford wife....a bit before your time young Pulps, but scary nevertheless.
Trump is really entertaining. He's funny...I mean he is genuinely funny. The most entertaining politician of my lifetime- and we've had some corkers, Alan Clarke and George Gallaway spring to mind.
Rubio comes across as the child of a Stepford wife....a bit before your time young Pulps, but scary nevertheless.
That said... didn't we all agree with Trump? I'm a liberal lefty and I would sincerely hope that we do a hell of a lot more than waterboard Isis terrorists once captured. I don't want to know about it, but I really do hope we that go as far as we need to go...
Trump is really entertaining. He's funny...I mean he is genuinely funny. The most entertaining politician of my lifetime- and we've had some corkers, Alan Clarke and George Gallaway spring to mind.
Rubio comes across as the child of a Stepford wife....a bit before your time young Pulps, but scary nevertheless.
Looking at SCOTUS, if Rubio or Cruz get in then liberals best start praying for Breyer and Ginsburg's health !
That's hopeless, I think. They are not both going to see the sun rise in 2024. From the liberal point of view the Democrats simply have to win.
Indeed, the next President could end up appointing three or four justices.
OTOH Scalia and Kennedy are both 79 too...
Yes, but as Kennedy swings both ways you are really looking at 1.5 conservatives and 2.5 liberals on the glide path.
Some of these Justices should think seriously about retiring before Obama becomes even more ineffectual (we will notice when he has actually left office won't we?)
Would Obama be able to get a confirmation through the Senate in time though? The GOP could stall until after the election and if they win then just continue stalling until it is too late.
He's still got 11 months. But he should be working on it now.
He's got 11 months in an election year. No chance, time is out for that sort of thing already. Maybe if the Democrats controlled the Senate but even then the GOP could likely stall long enough. But with a Republican Senate? More chance of Corbyn being PM than a liberal being confirmed by a GOP senate in an election year.
Trump is really entertaining. He's funny...I mean he is genuinely funny. The most entertaining politician of my lifetime- and we've had some corkers, Alan Clarke and George Gallaway spring to mind.
Rubio comes across as the child of a Stepford wife....a bit before your time young Pulps, but scary nevertheless.
Trump is really entertaining. He's funny...I mean he is genuinely funny. The most entertaining politician of my lifetime- and we've had some corkers, Alan Clarke and George Gallaway spring to mind.
Rubio comes across as the child of a Stepford wife....a bit before your time young Pulps, but scary nevertheless.
Trump is really entertaining. He's funny...I mean he is genuinely funny. The most entertaining politician of my lifetime- and we've had some corkers, Alan Clarke and George Gallaway spring to mind.
Rubio comes across as the child of a Stepford wife....a bit before your time young Pulps, but scary nevertheless.
Trump is really entertaining. He's funny...I mean he is genuinely funny. The most entertaining politician of my lifetime- and we've had some corkers, Alan Clarke and George Gallaway spring to mind.
Rubio comes across as the child of a Stepford wife....a bit before your time young Pulps, but scary nevertheless.
In terms of political characters there is Alan Clarke and then there is the rest. AC combines the charisma of B Clinton, the sex appeal of Kennedy, the intellect of (E) Powell, the jaw of Ike, the style of Jagger, the sense of humour of Richard Pryor, the joie de vivre of Depardieu..... Everything about AC was fun.
Trump is really entertaining. He's funny...I mean he is genuinely funny. The most entertaining politician of my lifetime- and we've had some corkers, Alan Clarke and George Gallaway spring to mind.
Rubio comes across as the child of a Stepford wife....a bit before your time young Pulps, but scary nevertheless.
Rubio is the only candidate that actually scares me.
Reading AC's diaries again at the moment - he makes a fantastic point that at the beginning of a term of govt, ministerial organisation, rather than communication/messaging, is more important. I'm guessing that is why Hunt and Gove were in their positions in the beginning of terms.
You know Tyson, there are times when I wonder how my old mucker ever ended up as a leftie!
That said... didn't we all agree with Trump? I'm a liberal lefty and I would sincerely hope that we do a hell of a lot more than waterboard Isis terrorists once captured. I don't want to know about it, but I really do hope we that go as far as we need to go...
Trump is really entertaining. He's funny...I mean he is genuinely funny. The most entertaining politician of my lifetime- and we've had some corkers, Alan Clarke and George Gallaway spring to mind.
Rubio comes across as the child of a Stepford wife....a bit before your time young Pulps, but scary nevertheless.
Trump called Ted Cruz a pussy today. So it validates some of your thoughts.
This is seriously like something out of a Stephen King novel. Have Americans checked their water supply recently?
No.
Torture is unacceptable. I can just about live with killing them remotely by drone. But to torture them when in our custody and no longer dangerous does us more damage than them. I really believe that.
Maybe it's a superdelegate (an elected party official) that has endorsed him.
Something like that. There's an explanation right at the bottom of the blog page:
1/9/16: Morton Blackwell -- national committeeman from Virginia -- endorses Ted Cruz. The Republican Party of Virginia rules explicitly leave the three automatic delegates -- including Mr. Blackwell -- unbound. The RNC, however, is considering the party delegates bound, but with little guidance as to how to treat delegates left unbound by state rules. One interpretation is that a pledged like Mr. Blackwell's binds him to Cruz (though perhaps not indefinitely).
Earlier today I read a fascinating plan for the "rewilding" of a bleak, sterile, agarian landscape. It involved thick copses, new hedgerows, strips of broadleaf woodland - perfect habitats for buzzards, weasels, hedgehogs, now able to live in harmony with farmers.
The authors?
The Nazi Party, planning their settlement of conquered Poland, in 1940.
Earlier today I read a fascinating plan for the "rewilding" of a bleak, sterile, agarian landscape. It involved thick copses, new hedgerows, strips of broadleaf woodland - perfect habitats for buzzards, weasels, hedgehogs, now able to live in harmony with farmers.
The authors?
The Nazi Party, planning their settlement of conquered Poland, in 1940.
Sounds like "The EU: Outside vs Inside" by D.Cameron
Earlier today I read a fascinating plan for the "rewilding" of a bleak, sterile, agarian landscape. It involved thick copses, new hedgerows, strips of broadleaf woodland - perfect habitats for buzzards, weasels, hedgehogs, now able to live in harmony with farmers.
The authors?
The Nazi Party, planning their settlement of conquered Poland, in 1940.
And your point?
That they combined the most benign Green Party policies (of which I thoroughly approve, as it happens) with a calm desire for brutal genocide.
The political mind is much more complex than some basic left-right spectrum. We easily forget this.
You know the drill, trampoline time for betting markets.
I'm not big on "picking up pennies in front of the bulldozer", so I never lay outsiders. It's just a stupid way of tying up capital.
Strange, the most successful gambling traders I know, who dominate Betfair, consider that easy money
For all those of us of very little brain, can you tell me what "picking up pennies in front of the bulldozer" means please?
Running remote but crushing risks for immediate small scale gains.
So (for example) placing £1000 on "Conservative most seats" five hours after the 2015 GE exit poll at odds of 1.01, risking £1000 for a profit of £10, would be characterised as "picking up pennies in front of the bulldozer"?
Earlier today I read a fascinating plan for the "rewilding" of a bleak, sterile, agarian landscape. It involved thick copses, new hedgerows, strips of broadleaf woodland - perfect habitats for buzzards, weasels, hedgehogs, now able to live in harmony with farmers.
The authors?
The Nazi Party, planning their settlement of conquered Poland, in 1940.
Just read "Look Who's Back", a satirical novel about modern life and the mass media told through the eyes of Hitler who has just woken up to find himself in modern Germany. Amusing in parts, if disappointing overall. Hitler turns out to be a big fan of the Green Party.
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(This was the Thursday evening before the Saturday Corbyn was announced as Labour leader)
There are some clueless/deluded punters out there.
Guy called JM Keynes. What did he know about gambling?
http://water.usgs.gov/nawqa/trace/arsenic/
http://www.nrdc.org/water/drinking/arsenic/map.asp
http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=2467#.VrpZ1_l97IU
PM’s threadbare EU deal means we are better off Out
The rhetoric is being ramped up by those who want to stay in
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/columnists/article4686865.ece
Congratulations!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nz_-KNNl-no
On reflection on quite a short list of them.
Will you remember us when you are in the realms of the superrich?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVd5xiA8_QY
And this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcRU3Jl4XYQ
Better stick to your racist posting, and trying to keep the UK free of Blacks and Arabs. More your schtick.
ISIS is making big threats today - no respect for U.S.A. or our "leader" - If I win it will be a very different story,with very fast results
http://frontloading.blogspot.co.uk/p/2016-republican.html
Why would Rubio rip up the Iran deal?
Torture is unacceptable. I can just about live with killing them remotely by drone. But to torture them when in our custody and no longer dangerous does us more damage than them. I really believe that.
God, I'm wet sometimes.
http://abcnews.go.com/PollingUnit/voted-live-hampshire-primary-exit-poll-analysis/story?id=36805930
2 hours more of voting.
https://marcorubio.com/news/marco-rubio-statement-on-obamas-dangerous-iran-deal/
And how many sales of a novel make a best-seller?
1/9/16: Morton Blackwell -- national committeeman from Virginia -- endorses Ted Cruz. The Republican Party of Virginia rules explicitly leave the three automatic delegates -- including Mr. Blackwell -- unbound. The RNC, however, is considering the party delegates bound, but with little guidance as to how to treat delegates left unbound by state rules. One interpretation is that a pledged like Mr. Blackwell's binds him to Cruz (though perhaps not indefinitely).
The film ends at 02:10 and I'll switch my phone back on.
How will be the biggest gainer and loser on Betfair GOP nominee market in those two hours and ten mins?
Chasing small amounts over long periods just isn't worth my time.
I can get 10%+ from other investments elsewhere.
EXIT POLL: Never gonna give you up: 30 Never gonna let you down: 17 Never gonna run around: 15 Deserting you: 0.5I think it was the way everyone else got so excited...
Most of the long-odds laying on betfair is done by people who understand statistics and have large bankrolls.
Those who don't, learn their lesson pretty quickly.
That's MoE, surely?
Good to know, thank you.
Exit Poll: Independents Split Between GOP, Democratic Primaries nbcnews.to/20Jm8Aq
@ABCPolitics Nearly half of GOP primary voters in exit poll results say they only decided in last few days #NHPrimary
Democratic primary voters that identify as Independents are down by 5% from 2008. #NHPrimary
CNN Exit Poll- 2/3rd of Late Deciders said debate impacted their vote greatly cnn.com/2016/02/09/pol… #FITN
Hitler turns out to be a big fan of the Green Party.