Will republicans use the Coronavirus in another of their socialism for the rich scams?

[Vrede too]

It's not a 'pocket veto' until more time has elapsed. We'll see what he does.

[Vrede too]

Former PINO bluff called, Repugs called out:

Pelosi says House to vote on bigger stimulus payments after GOP blocks increase

Adam Edelman and Leigh Ann Caldwell and Frank Thorp V
Thu, December 24, 2020, 2:57 PM EST

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that House Democrats would vote Monday on a standalone bill that would provide direct payments to Americans of $2,000 a person.

Pelosi, D-Calif., made the announcement moments after House Republicans blocked a Democratic bid to increase the payments as passed in the stimulus bill earlier this week from $600 a person to $2,000.

"On Monday, I will bring the House back to session, where we will hold a recorded vote on our stand-alone bill to increase economic impact payments to $2,000. To vote against this bill is to deny the financial hardship that families face and to deny them the relief they need," Pelosi said in a statement Thursday morning.

"Hopefully, by then the president will have already signed the bipartisan and bicameral legislation to keep government open and to deliver coronavirus relief," she said.

The House is adjourned until Monday afternoon, when members will also vote on whether to override President Donald Trump's veto of the annual defense authorization bill....

[Vrede too]

Most likely Trump will not veto the so-called covid relief bill, nor will he sign it. He'll just sit back and let the chaos ensue, resulting in a government shutdown....

The bill was ready for him to sign.
He didn't.
He intentionally fucked it up.
Same as a veto, but he comes out looking like a man for the people.

Get it?

He signed it.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/unemployment ... 57384.html

[billy.pilgrim]

Yes he did. He also backed down.

Practice for packing and leaving?

[Ulysses]

1-20-21 cannot come soon enough.

[billy.pilgrim]

1-20-21 cannot come soon enough.

Are you imagining maturity when the century turns 21?

[Ulysses]

1-20-21 cannot come soon enough.

Are you imagining maturity when the century turns 21?

Something like that, because it could be the end of an era of presidential tantrums.

But perhaps the start of an era of post-presidential tantrums.

In which case, his plans are perfect: relocating to the cultural equivalent of Romper Room for Seniors: Florida

[billy.pilgrim]

Hey now, I take no offense at that remark.

[Vrede too]

Ted Cruz Got $35 Million For Billionaire Fracking Donors In Last COVID-19 Aid: Report

As President Donald Trump complains about “pork” in the current COVID-19 relief package, The Wall Street Journal reports that the last time around, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) helped manipulate the aid program to get $35 million for Texas billionaire fracking brothers who are major Cruz contributors.

The Rupert Murdoch owned Wall Street Journal.

Dan and Farris Wilks collected the windfall even though their businesses were busy buying stakes in six other fracking companies, according to corporate records, the Journal reported.

The Wilks brothers lobbied Cruz when it appeared that gas and oil operations would be cut out of the government-backed loans of the Mainstreet Lending Program in the last COVID-19 economic stimulus package last spring, according to the newspaper.

Cruz in turn helped convince the Trump administration and the Federal Reserve to change the rules for pandemic loans to include the operations, the Journal reported. The government quickly changed the rules, and the Wilks brothers obtained the hefty $35 million loan for ProFac Holdings LLC, a supplier of pumping equipment and services, according to records.

Looks like there's an outfit dedicated to the purpose of billy.pilgrim's thread:

The nonprofit BailoutWatch, which tracks coronavirus pandemic aid to businesses, blasted Cruz’s efforts as a massive payback to a major campaign contributor.

“ProFrac’s loan is blatant misappropriation of taxpayer dollars,” Chris Kuveke, an analyst for the organization, told the Journal. The senator’s biggest contributors cashed in with one of the program’s largest loans to the fossil fuel industry, Kuveke noted. “It’s hard not to connect the dots,” he added.

The Wilks brothers donated $15 million to the super PAC Keeping the Promise, which backed Cruz’s 2016 presidential campaign. That made them the biggest financial backers of his career in politics, according to the Journal....

This is just the tip of the iceberg. The lead article at BailoutWatch:

Bailed Out & Propped Up Fossil Fuel Bailouts Climb Past $15B
The fossil fuel industry received between $10.4 billion and $15.2 billion in direct economic relief from federal efforts under President Donald Trump. Download our latest report, put together in partnership with Public Citizen & Friends of the Earth.

[Vrede too]

Something like that, because it could be the end of an era of presidential tantrums.

But perhaps the start of an era of post-presidential tantrums.

In which case, his plans are perfect: relocating to the cultural equivalent of Romper Room for Seniors: Florida

Hey now, I take no offense at that remark.

The Trump admin awarded a firm $1.3 billion to make Covid vaccine syringes. Where are the syringes?

[neoplacebo]

"What you're seeing and what you're hearing is not what's happening." - trump
"Truth is not truth." Rudy

[Vrede too]

7 Charged With Stealing Millions In COVID Aid, Using It To Buy Lamborghini, Porsche

Update:

Miami man who bought Lamborghini with COVID-19 relief money sentenced to six years

[Vrede too]

I heard on the radio that donnie is already crying about the poor hotel owners may need federal (taxpayer) assistance.

Probably more to come; afterall, ask not what the workers can do for the country, ask what they can be do for the rich.

Audit: (Iowa Republican) Governor improperly used COVID funds for salaries

Lock Kim Reynolds up!

[Ulysses]

Hey now, I take no offense at that remark.

That's good, because I don't recall trying to offend anyone here. I also probably didn't realize you might live in Florida. And, like most states, the area where you live probably doesn't fit the popular conception of Florida.

What the hey, we have a Roomper Room for Seniors right here in the SF Bay Area. It's called Rossmore. Although, a quick Google shows there are plenty more such. Rossmore just being one of the oldest, at least 50 years. It's near Walnut Creek, as I recall. A whole town for seniors, if I'm not mistaken.

I might need to check it out, LOL.

[Vrede too]

1-20-21 cannot come soon enough.

Are you imagining maturity when the century turns 21?

Something like that, because it could be the end of an era of presidential tantrums.

But perhaps the start of an era of post-presidential tantrums.

In which case, his plans are perfect: relocating to the cultural equivalent of Romper Room for Seniors: Florida

Hey now, I take no offense at that remark.

That's good, because I don't recall trying to offend anyone here. I also probably didn't realize you might live in Florida.

:confusion-scratchheadblue: :confusion-scratchheadblue: :confusion-scratchheadblue:

And, like most states, the area where you live probably doesn't fit the popular conception of Florida....

It kinda does, except that it's more heavily ex-military seniors than much of Florida.

Plus, billy.pilgrim's point is that he is a senior. I'm not sure how much romping he does.

[neoplacebo]

1-20-21 cannot come soon enough.

Are you imagining maturity when the century turns 21?

Something like that, because it could be the end of an era of presidential tantrums.

But perhaps the start of an era of post-presidential tantrums.

In which case, his plans are perfect: relocating to the cultural equivalent of Romper Room for Seniors: Florida

Hey now, I take no offense at that remark.

That's good, because I don't recall trying to offend anyone here. I also probably didn't realize you might live in Florida.

:confusion-scratchheadblue: :confusion-scratchheadblue: :confusion-scratchheadblue:

And, like most states, the area where you live probably doesn't fit the popular conception of Florida....

It kinda does, except that it's more heavily ex-military seniors than much of Florida.

Plus, billy.pilgrim's point is that he is a senior. I'm not sure how much romping he does.

I think I'll go back 11 months and look at forum posts in an effort to be relevant. No, fuck that. Instead I think I'll establish a rompin' stompin' haven for rompin' stompers. Then I will decide that inflation is a myth that only affects lunatics who just won't spend money. When all that's done, I will locate some dead turtles so I can use their vacated shells as shoulder and knee pads in a football game with young children. Some will cry.

[Vrede too]

I think I'll go back 11 months and look at forum posts in an effort to be relevant. No, fuck that. Instead I think I'll establish a rompin' stompin' haven for rompin' stompers. Then I will decide that inflation is a myth that only affects lunatics who just won't spend money. When all that's done, I will locate some dead turtles so I can use their vacated shells as shoulder and knee pads in a football game with young children. Some will cry.

Useless is so desperate to post after I do, and sometimes GoCubsGo, that he often reaches back many months to find something he can respond to. It's just gravy that he posts stupid stuff like reminding us that he was clueless for years about where billy.pilgrim lives.

Give those young children a shell-acking.

[Vrede too]

https://www-marketwatch-com.cdn.ampproj ... 2020-07-08

"I know you’re not supposed to say this, but it’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. You’re not going to see this again: Where you’ve actually got an economy that’s fine, and you’ve got a Fed pumping trillions of dollars in.’
That’s Marc Lasry, hedge-fund manager and billionaire co-owner of the Milwaukee Bucks, explaining his stance on the investment"

"Bankruptcies represent good opportunities to buy from noneconomic sellers or people who need to sell," Lasry said

As the rich get richer, the middle class declines.

Marc Lasry: Personal life

Lasry is married to Cathy Cohen and they have five children. Their son, Alex, worked for White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett. In February 2021, Alex Lasry announced that he would be running for the Wisconsin Senate seat in 2022 as a Democrat. The Senate seat is currently held by Republican Ron Johnson. Their daughter, Samantha, was a staffer for congressman Rahm Emanuel....

Lasry is a major Democratic Party donor ...

Idk if Valesky Barosy and his cohorts are Repugs, but they're definitely leeches and assholes:

Feds: South Florida ‘entrepreneur’ used PPP money to buy Lamborghini, luxury watches, clothes

[Ulysses]

I think I'll go back 11 months and look at forum posts in an effort to be relevant. No, fuck that. Instead I think I'll establish a rompin' stompin' haven for rompin' stompers. Then I will decide that inflation is a myth that only affects lunatics who just won't spend money. When all that's done, I will locate some dead turtles so I can use their vacated shells as shoulder and knee pads in a football game with young children. Some will cry.

Oh, my. I meant "Romper" not in the context of "Stomping", but rather, in the context of a nuturing comforting safe environment, such as for little children or well-aged senior citizens.

Not sure what turtles, dead or alive, have to do with it, but I'm surely not in favor of your trying to make young children cry. Unless they are all named Vrede. In which case it would be very easy. LOL.

[Ulysses]

Maybe one good thing to come out of the coronavirus will be more people wanting to change our messed up healthcare system.

Sadly, this doesn't seem to be happening. Instead, I gather, the push to privatize Medicare even more than it is now seems to be gaining steam. I am, of course, of the opinion that what the USA really needs is something akin to the UK's NHS. There are just too many blood sucking parasites in the American health care system.