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Okie_Life 9 points ago +10 / -1

Just because it's a phrase, doesn't make it normal. It also doesn't make it proper. If the stock market is based on speculation and how a company is preforming, to stop trading on a company to allow them to "adapt" or "prove themselves with a new CEO" is heavy government influence to keep the market cap from plummeting. If fake news can't keep a story from coming out then the stock market will just stop trading to halt negative effects. I remember when a company would go through an acquisition and it was destined to then lose value on the stock market until they streamline their business again.

by BQnita
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Okie_Life 1 point ago +1 / -0

I remember watching a documentary about the angle of the bullets and the spacing between the shots and the conclusion was it was the secret service agent on the back of the car that delivered the kill shot "accidently"

It always stuck with me.

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Okie_Life 2 points ago +2 / -0

Respond back to the email saying you should've suspected they would carry the animal kind instead of the human kind there since all of them are sheep.

That makes me mad for you, I'm sorry about that.

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Okie_Life 4 points ago +4 / -0

Ironic that Danny DeVito was the best twin in the end.

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Okie_Life 7 points ago +7 / -0

More importantly, once the vaccine is approve, can those companies AND the FDA be held accountable for adverse reactions?

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Okie_Life 1 point ago +2 / -1

What war? The fighting stopped as soon as it started. Taliban's already has control of everything and we got air lifted out.

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Okie_Life 1 point ago +1 / -0

That is exactly true. There were TWO flags, one was at the end of the stadium, the other was brought in for the national anthem. Half the team turned and saluted the flag at the end of the field.

Look at the picture and tell me who we should be mad at, the girl who is clearly saluting or the girl facing forward?

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Okie_Life 5 points ago +5 / -0

Well no, not exactly. The correct headline would be "HR1 moves to debate where they need 60 votes to kill a filibuster" 50 votes makes Kamala 51 and moves the bill along. This was always the path it had to take.

Every dem was a yes, every republican was a no.

by BQnita
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Okie_Life 2 points ago +3 / -1

Yeah, this is a complete lie. It's a quote from the movie Swordfish who thought it sounded nice.

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Okie_Life 3 points ago +3 / -0

I didn't think texas wanted to be connected to the power grid. And it costs millions of dollars to winterize power plants. Why would you do that if it might be needed only once every few decades? Also, if you winterize it you have to be sure it won't have averse affects in the extreme heat that is common in texas. Just because it freezes doesn't mean it freezes as much as this. I do believe they could've prepared for this better, maybe with a little more redundancies or a little less money given to encourage Green energy.

I will concede that its bad optics for him to leave Texas during this time. But for everyone upset because he should be doing more, if he was still there I bet there still isn't much he could be doing immediately to solve it.

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Okie_Life 5 points ago +5 / -0

To say he created it is a little over exaggerated don't you think? I know in Oklahoma, the state legislators gives funds for energy production and cuts for green energy products. It's not all done nationally.

Also, extreme cold has been known to make all kinds of energy production falter. Should they have given less rebates for green energy and focused on how to use the money to increase their energy more efficiently, most definitely, but its a "perfect storm" that has led to this. And when temperatures drop beyond normally operating conditions, anything is likely to go wrong.

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Okie_Life 4 points ago +5 / -1

Maybe I just give them more leniency because it's not like they can fix the power issues in the short run. And as long as he didn't run away and had it planned prior then I think its fine.

I believe most power infrastructure is handled at the State level anyway.

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Okie_Life 7 points ago +10 / -3

Like what do you all expect him to do? Get out there with a hairdryer and warm up the wind turbines?

Nearly everything you'd expect him to do is handled by local legislators.

So you can be mad at him for promoting green energy and giving cuts to them while traditional power plants suffer, but as long as the trip was pre-planned then take a breath because there are bigger things to worry about.

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Okie_Life 17 points ago +18 / -1

Solution, wear a scarf over your face so they can't tell. Once you're inside remove the scarf as normal and stare at tbem and assert dominance.

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Okie_Life 5 points ago +5 / -0

With how much editing of this video i found online, I'm thinking this is pretty close to real. He definitely says 300 Americans twice and calls the 50% increase from 400 to 600 million

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Okie_Life 5 points ago +5 / -0

It might have been an error with it. Tinker Air Force base is in OKC and does all sorts of repairs on military aircraft.

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Okie_Life 1 point ago +1 / -0

I've been thinking about this from the other side. He probably signed about 20 things that day trying. But the correct thing to say is "which one is this?" Not i don't know what I'm signing.

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Okie_Life 1 point ago +1 / -0

Its because these are Actions and don't have the same legal power as Orders. But somehow has more while still be less official.

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Okie_Life 3 points ago +3 / -0

Wow I had no idea. Also, guess when they became more of a thing. Obama.

Executive orders are published in the Federal Register and are legally binding. They give presidents the power to create unilateral directives, though they can be overturned if a court rules they’re unconstitutional. Executive orders remain in place until rescinded or modified by a president, reversed by a court or nullified by legislation.

Executive actions, by contrast, bear little weight. They’re not published in the Federal Register and aren’t subject to legal review. But these so-called threats-to-orders often draw reactions as sharp as the responses to orders themselves.

Even Google conflates them.Type “executive action” into the search bar, and the first results offer data on executive orders — using the words as equivalents.

Executive orders — the powerful ones — date back to the first days of George Washington’s presidency. The first executive orders the U.S. State Department officially recorded were Abraham Lincoln’s. Notably, the Emancipation Proclamation was issued by executive order.

Executive actions don’t share that lengthy history. They didn't become common until the 2000s, when they were political fodder for President Barack Obama, who issued dozens of the statements during his administration.

Obama’s critics say he issued a record number of executive orders when, in reality, his executive order volume aligned with his predecessors. He signed 276 orders during his eight years in office, according to the Federal Register — not more than 900, as is sometimes suggested. George W. Bush issued 291 during his two terms; Bill Clinton issued 254.