R.I.P. Scout26
Though I'm sure McCain would qualify for TCC (fed version of COBRA), which would give him 18 more months of insurance that he pays himself after he separates, and it sounds like that would be long enough, given his prognosis.
Hawkmoon - Never underestimate another person's capacity for stupidity. Any time you think someone can't possibly be that dumb ... they'll prove you wrong.
Viking - The problem with the modern world is that there aren't really any predators eating stupid people.
So, any word yet on the replacement most likely to be appointed? And will that person be similarly mavricky, just a standard RINO, or someone conservatives can actually support? Does this change the calculus for the Kavanaugh vote?
That is all. *expletive deleted*ck you all, eat *expletive deleted*it, and die in a fire. I have considered writing here a long parting section dedicated to each poster, but I have decided, at length, against it. *expletive deleted*ck you all and Hail Satan.
I'll just state right now that this is going to be an "If you don't have anything nice to say, then don't even think of making a post" thread. This will be the only warning.
I didn't agree with all of his politics but, I would by God back him up for his having earned the right to say whatever he found to be aprapo. He earned his right to say whatever he found to be appropriate. Rest peacefully Captain McCain.
Holy hell people are starting to go absolutely apeshit about the White House flag going back to full staff this morning. Screeching how Trump is disrespecting McCain (even though it followed the letter of US Flag Code).
I saw that this morning and was following it for a while. Heads are exploding all over the place. Just another excuse to bash the President and they wonder why their ratings are lower than whale poop.
The flag shall be flown at half-staff 30 days from the death of the President or a former President; 10 days from the day of death of the Vice President, the Chief Justice or a retired Chief Justice of the United States, or the Speaker of the House of Representatives; from the day of death until interment of an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, a Secretary of an executive or military department, a former Vice President, or the Governor of a State, territory, or possession; and on the day of death and the following day for a Member of Congress. The flag shall be flown at half-staff on Peace Officers Memorial Day, unless that day is also Armed Forces Day.
Flag Code: https://www.military.com/flag-day/us-flag-code.html
How involved was Trump in determining when to raise the flag? That seems like a job that someone else would handle.
Politicians and bureaucrats are considered productive if they swarm the populace like a plague of locust, devouring all substance in their path and leaving a swath of destruction like a firestorm. The technical term is "bipartisanship".
It's way past due for term limits in my opinion.
I suppose it's presidential prerogative, but now it will just start a whole big thing anytime any Senator dies in the future. They'll about be stuck doing the "until interment" thing for all of them, or else will have to explain why one Senator is not as important as another.https://twitchy.com/sarahd-313035/2018/08/27/change-of-heart-white-houses-flag-back-at-half-staff-for-john-mccain/
The flag is back at half-mast and will remain so until interment. That is stupid.
They should twitch it up and down a foot or two, at random times. The usual suspects will fixate on that for the speculation.
I thought flying the American flag was racist anyway, right?
