Ridin’ with Biden

[squeekness]

I would have thought there might be issues with violent Trump supporters but Biden seems to be creating his own troubles.

 

[blueharvest]

Federal judge temporarily halts Biden plan to lower credit card late fees to $8

A federal judge in Texas temporarily halted a plan by the Biden administration to lower late fees on credit cards to $8 that was slated to go into effect next week.

apnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

Even Biden’s Lawyers Are Urging the White House to Change Course on Gaza

An open letter from U.S. government attorneys questions the legal cover for arms transfers to Israel.

theintercept.com

 

[squeekness]

Federal judge temporarily halts Biden plan to lower credit card late fees to $8

A federal judge in Texas temporarily halted a plan by the Biden administration to lower late fees on credit cards to $8 that was slated to go into effect next week.

apnews.com

That stinks.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Consumers might be paying more than credit card perks are worth, officials say

Fees could overshadow the promise of travel rewards, the Biden administration says as it scrutinizes frequent flyer and other loyalty programs.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

Joe Biden wants to remind 2024 voters of a record and an agenda. Often it's Donald Trump's

President Joe Biden is running for reelection on a record and an agenda, and it's often Donald Trump’s that he's citing.

apnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

Stress, confusion and uncertainty as borrowers navigate Biden debt relief plans

Since a Covid-era pause on student loan payments expired last fall, millions of student loan borrowers have been through a period of tough financial choices, confusion and frustration.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[DA_Champion]

I wonder if Biden's bungling of the Ukraine war will go down in history books for a long time, the same way our history books discuss Crassus' Roman invasion of Parthia in 53BC, the French at Agincourt in 1415AD, or the Japanese invasion of Korea in 1592 AD under the rule of Hideyoshi.

Biden declined Russian overtures for peace in late 2021 and early in 2022, because he thought that defeating Russia would be easy. In that respect, they followed up with a drip feed of weapons to Ukraine thinking that would weaken one of the strongest civilizations on Earth. They still have not sent a few dozen 1980s era F-16s, when in fact if they really wanted to defeat Russia they should have sent hundreds of F-22s and F-35s on day one. If you want to defeat Russia, you don't do it by going shopping at Dollar General.

When the Parthians defeated the Roman invasion, they decapitated Crassus, and filled his head with molten gold to symbolize his greed.

That same fate won't happen to Biden, but we currently find ourselves with high inflation, high interest rates, significant protests, a weakening position in West Africa, Central Asia, and the Middle East, and just last week Xi Jinping was making overtures to Hungary and Serbia.

It was stupid of the Biden administration to choose war, and it was stupid of the Biden administration to assume that the war would be easily won.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Joe Biden wants to remind 2024 voters of a record and an agenda. Often it's Donald Trump's

President Joe Biden is running for reelection on a record and an agenda, and it's often Donald Trump’s that he's citing.

apnews.com

Pointing out how often Trump is and could be has to happen. But that Biden and the Dems lean on that so much more then his own record shows how little belief or faith they have in the work Biden has done.

 

[blueharvest]

Biden expected to quadruple tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles: Source

President Biden is expected to quadruple tariffs on electric vehicles from China in an announcement Tuesday, according to a source familiar with the decision.

abcnews.go.com

 

[OtherwiseKnownAs]

 

[DA_Champion]

In fairness, and I'm a Biden skeptic, I don't believe the numbers either. Maybe Biden is doing better, or worse, I don't know, but at this point I think we can agree that the polls are not reliable. There have been large recent polling failures in the USA and in other countries too.

I don't blame the polling companies, I think it's intrinsically hard. I personally get lots of spam calls on my phone, and I just decline the calls. Some of them might be useful calls from polling companies.

 

[squeekness]

I hope the polls are wrong, too, Joe.

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

 

[DA_Champion]

Biden's administration really sucks at foreign policy. It's not enough that they now have bad relations with Russia, China, West Africa, the Muslim countries ... They now also need to threaten India with sanctions.

Newsflash to the White supremacists in the Biden administration: India is a civilization state and home to about 1.5 billion people. It is host to a deep and ancient culture, and has some of the most educated people in the world.

India's ties to Iran go back approximately 3,000 years.

India is not looking to be a sidekick to the West, to China, or anybody else. It is clearly seeking to be its own power bloc and independent center of capital accumulation, which is what it should be doing.

Chabahar Port: US says sanctions possible after India-Iran port deal

India has signed a 10-year-deal to develop the strategically important Chabahar port in Iran.

www.bbc.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Justice Department says Boeing violated deal that avoided prosecution after 737 Max crashes

The Justice Department has determined that Boeing violated a settlement that allowed the company to avoid criminal prosecution after two deadly crashes involving its 737 Max aircraft.

apnews.com

 

[Sithborg]

Biden's administration really sucks at foreign policy. It's not enough that they now have bad relations with Russia, China, West Africa, the Muslim countries ... They now also need to threaten India with sanctions.

Newsflash to the White supremacists in the Biden administration: India is a civilization state and home to about 1.5 billion people. It is host to a deep and ancient culture, and has some of the most educated people in the world.

India's ties to Iran go back approximately 3,000 years.

India is not looking to be a sidekick to the West, to China, or anybody else. It is clearly seeking to be its own power bloc and independent center of capital accumulation, which is what it should be doing.

Chabahar Port: US says sanctions possible after India-Iran port deal

India has signed a 10-year-deal to develop the strategically important Chabahar port in Iran.

www.bbc.com

Modi is also trying to make it a theocratic autocracy. So, you know, maybe not praise India too much.

 

[blueharvest]

 

[DA_Champion]

Modi is also trying to make it a theocratic autocracy.

Interesting -- is that the excuse people are going to use if the Biden administration further isolates the US?

 

[blueharvest]

Largest Latino group backs Biden in battleground Arizona while spotlighting ballot measures

Voters may get to decide whether to protect abortion rights and raise the minimum wage and may also be asked whether to give the state immigration enforcement powers.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[DA_Champion]

US secretary of state Antony Blinken articulating a different set of rules for Western countries.



He doesn't realize however that he has his racism privilege backwards. The truth is that Russia will pay for reconstruction of Ukraine, in the same way that the US will never pay for the reconstruction of Iraq, Vietnam, Gaza, etc.

That's because stronger civilizations make investments -- see the Marshall plan. USA 1945 was a strong country, and so it paid for the reconstruction of Europe and Japan.

 

[InCali]

I saw a clip of Blinken singing "Rockin in the Free World" and have a bit of advice.....do NOT quit your day job.

I do, however, think it's cool when politicians are also musicians. He didn't appear to be a bad guitar player.

 

[DA_Champion]

Blinken enjoyed dinner at a Nazi-themed pizza parlour in Kiev.



Right now the US media ignore this issue, but I think that in the long-term it will further damage their credibility, both at home and abroad.

 

[blueharvest]

Biden should have pardoned Trump on federal charges, Mitt Romney says

Republican senator tells MSNBC that ‘frankly, the country doesn’t want to have to go through prosecuting a former president’

www.theguardian.com