Or paying for all trump’s golfing trips? Companies will have a lot of tax write offs over this. Could use this money for SNAP or to subsidize ACA plans. I’m sure it is being banked to cover wealthy tax deductions.
I’ve never had a Costco membership but am heading out shortly to purchase one. That will be my political contribution of the week.
Holy crap. Can we all just finally admit that NONE of the ballroom is being paid for by the taxpayers? It is from private donations. Amazing how no one on the left bitched about Obama putting in a multi-million dollar bowling alley for his own pleasure, that was paid for by the taxpayers; but putting in a ballroom using private donations, so visiting heads of state don't have to be entertained under a tent, is the hill you all want to die on. SMH.
If you are so good about doing your own research, then do it, dammit!
As for trumps dump of a ballroom, he now apparently wants it to be bigger and he’s fighting with his architect(say it isn’t so). As for who’s paying for it, so far it’s supposedly his fat cat donors but there is now a lawsuit brought by a Virginia couple about whether or not his action of destroying the East Wing was even legal. Check it out here. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/donald-trump-sued-over-east-wing-demolition/ar-AA1P70T8
It’s really not all that difficult. Bless your heart.
Hole Crap!! First, Obama did NOT build a bowling alley in the White House. I would love to know where you got this tidbit of information! There were even jokes about how terrible a bowler he was.
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“On the campaign trail in April 2008, Obama was ribbed for rolling a measly 37 at a Pennsylvania bowling alley.“
Private donations paying for the wrecking of a national treasure is wrong on its own and allows big business to bribe their way into even greater influence. Will the donors now own an actual piece of the White House? Moreover, with so many lies we will never know how the building is being paid for.
It is also interesting that the “First Lady’s” offices were demolished, demonstrating how this administration feels about women.
President Harry S. Truman put the first White House bowling alley in the West Wing in 1947, funded by friends from Missouri. Later, President Richard Nixon had a one-lane alley built directly under the North Portico in 1973. The original Truman lanes were moved to the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in 1955.
Oh, oops. It was a basketball court (Sorry I'm not perfect Darrell. I do make mistakes, but thanks for being a _ about it). Many past presidents have made changes to the White House, but only Trump gets the ire of the dems. It is TDS at its height. If it's taxpayer money paying for the ballroom the democrats cry foul. If it's private donations paying for it, democrats cry foul. See the pattern? No matter what he does the democrats lose their shit.
Sorry, but I'm tired of it. The screaming mimis in the democrat party are now just white noise.
Facts matter and I don’t watch cable TV so no MSNBC for me. Google is my friend and I always corroborate with multiple sources. ABC just happened to be the first google hit on. Ewould you be more comfortable if I used Fox or CBS?
“Shortly after taking office, President Obama had the White House tennis court adapted so it could be used for both tennis and basketball. The White House has had a smaller outdoor court since 1991, but the adapted tennis court allows enough room for a full court game of basketball. The new court has played host to a number of distinguished visitors, from college basketball championship teams to Wounded Warrior players.”
Love the word “tartle”. It happens a lot with me and has for years long before I became a senior. Google didn’t seem to like it much so it redirected me to The Scotsman where I found this about it:
“When confronted with the above scenario, you can excuse your apparent rudeness by saying:
“Sorry for my tartle.”
What makes the word so special is that it doesn’t apply when you forget the person’s name entirely. Oh no. It’s exists only to encapsulate the brief awkwardness while you rummage around your brain for the answer.
Tartle has frequently appeared in lists around the world of perfect words that don’t translate to other nations. Word envy!”
As for crazy, insane working hours, I thought all the “new” technology(when it was new)was supposed to make our lives so much easier. At least that was a selling point then. Guess it’s really turning us into screen zombies.
Regarding "overwork": I lived this in both my military career and second career. In most cases, it was out of necessity. Date lines and time zone differences often required late night, very early morning, or weekend work to coordinate live with people halfway around the world. I always tried to use it to my advantage. If our work day was done, we would often pass something over to colleagues in another time zone during their work day while we were sleeping. Hardships like that never bothered me as long as they were shared.
One notable example when it didn't make sense: I was on a staff assignment in Korea in the early '90s, working for General Ron Fogleman, an inspired leader and the smartest human I have ever worked for. We worked half-days on Saturdays even when nothing was going on, just in case staffers at Pacific Air Forces in Hawaii (it was their Friday afternoon) had questions or issues for us. At a weekly meeting not long after he took command, Fogleman asked for a show of hands -- "how many of you have had any interaction with PACAF on a Saturday morning?" No hands went up; Friday afternoon in Hawaii was "Aloha Friday" -- most of those PACAF guys took Friday afternoon off. Fogleman told us we were not coming in on Saturday any more unless there was some crisis, and to enjoy our weekends.
I thought the trend was to work fewer hours, not more. Wasn’t that what AI was going to do for humans? The only time I worked more than five days a week was over the summer in high school or when I had two jobs. The last company I worked for had its head office in Germany; we just learned to adapt to taking a day to get a response. Except the CEO who often had early, early zoom calls to match their late afternoon time.
Here in Canada, the move to more office time has started, with much pushback from unions. Funny how the decades spent commuting to the office has been forgotten. I much preferred being in the office, even though the commute was 2 hours of my day, as that is where things happen. You miss a lot working from home.
As for the ballroom debacle, is the thing really necessary? And will it be finished before the person is out of office? And if it isn’t, are the donors going to want their money back? Their contributions won’t go far if/when the Democrats get back in. Or even if a different variety of Republican shows up. If the person has had a hand in the interior design, it is going to be incredibly garish and just plain ugly. Jut because you can do something doesn’t always mean you should do it.
I often worked long stupid hours in the Navy...generally driven by ship's sked though - oiler refueling battle group could take three days, but I learned from my Navy dad to make that up when I could...in home port, nothing on the sked - go home troops!
Also did that at one company I worked for which, interestingly had no office so we were completely remote - still 3AM emails were common. I actullly think remote work causes longer hours if the work is actually there vs. just "make work"
Anyway, we humans are interesting that's for sure. Sadly, also often not terribly bright.
Question! Re:…”Trump’s tariffs, which have generated tens of billions of dollars a month “”.
(Bloomberg). Where is this revenue going? Paying down the national debt or building a White House ballroom?
Or paying for all trump’s golfing trips? Companies will have a lot of tax write offs over this. Could use this money for SNAP or to subsidize ACA plans. I’m sure it is being banked to cover wealthy tax deductions.
I’ve never had a Costco membership but am heading out shortly to purchase one. That will be my political contribution of the week.
Holy crap. Can we all just finally admit that NONE of the ballroom is being paid for by the taxpayers? It is from private donations. Amazing how no one on the left bitched about Obama putting in a multi-million dollar bowling alley for his own pleasure, that was paid for by the taxpayers; but putting in a ballroom using private donations, so visiting heads of state don't have to be entertained under a tent, is the hill you all want to die on. SMH.
For heaven’s sake; why don’t you try using google before you start spouting off about President Obama and “his” bowling alley or basketball court for that matter? https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-obamas-white-house-bowling-alley-thousands-visitors/story?id=14421802
https://thedailyguardian.com/world/us/fact-check-did-barack-obama-really-spend-376-million-on-the-white-house-basketball-court-676384/
If you are so good about doing your own research, then do it, dammit!
As for trumps dump of a ballroom, he now apparently wants it to be bigger and he’s fighting with his architect(say it isn’t so). As for who’s paying for it, so far it’s supposedly his fat cat donors but there is now a lawsuit brought by a Virginia couple about whether or not his action of destroying the East Wing was even legal. Check it out here. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/donald-trump-sued-over-east-wing-demolition/ar-AA1P70T8
It’s really not all that difficult. Bless your heart.
If you're getting your facts from Google, ABC and MSNBC, bless your heart.
Hole Crap!! First, Obama did NOT build a bowling alley in the White House. I would love to know where you got this tidbit of information! There were even jokes about how terrible a bowler he was.
————————————————
“On the campaign trail in April 2008, Obama was ribbed for rolling a measly 37 at a Pennsylvania bowling alley.“
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-obamas-white-house-bowling-alley-thousands-visitors/story?id=14421802
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Private donations paying for the wrecking of a national treasure is wrong on its own and allows big business to bribe their way into even greater influence. Will the donors now own an actual piece of the White House? Moreover, with so many lies we will never know how the building is being paid for.
It is also interesting that the “First Lady’s” offices were demolished, demonstrating how this administration feels about women.
President Harry S. Truman put the first White House bowling alley in the West Wing in 1947, funded by friends from Missouri. Later, President Richard Nixon had a one-lane alley built directly under the North Portico in 1973. The original Truman lanes were moved to the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in 1955.
Please, get your facts sorted, please…
Oh, oops. It was a basketball court (Sorry I'm not perfect Darrell. I do make mistakes, but thanks for being a _ about it). Many past presidents have made changes to the White House, but only Trump gets the ire of the dems. It is TDS at its height. If it's taxpayer money paying for the ballroom the democrats cry foul. If it's private donations paying for it, democrats cry foul. See the pattern? No matter what he does the democrats lose their shit.
Sorry, but I'm tired of it. The screaming mimis in the democrat party are now just white noise.
And I never mentioned that it cost $376 million.
Facts matter and I don’t watch cable TV so no MSNBC for me. Google is my friend and I always corroborate with multiple sources. ABC just happened to be the first google hit on. Ewould you be more comfortable if I used Fox or CBS?
“Shortly after taking office, President Obama had the White House tennis court adapted so it could be used for both tennis and basketball. The White House has had a smaller outdoor court since 1991, but the adapted tennis court allows enough room for a full court game of basketball. The new court has played host to a number of distinguished visitors, from college basketball championship teams to Wounded Warrior players.”
https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/interactive-tour/basketball-court
“…screaming mimis…”
Is that Fox News slang?
And let’s be clear, there is so much more to mention regarding trump’s insults to the White House:
- refusal to display the Obama portrait
- a picture of an auto pen for Biden’s portrait
- Home Depot wood trim spray painted gold
- Oval Office printed in gold on 8.5x11 white paper tacked to the wall
I could go on. All of these things are juvenile at best and make a mockery of “Our House.”
I guess you’ve seen her response to me? 😂😂😂😂. What a clown! Tell me your sources without telling me your sources.
🤡🤡🤡
When will enough ever be enough? Some lessons are never learned...
Love the word “tartle”. It happens a lot with me and has for years long before I became a senior. Google didn’t seem to like it much so it redirected me to The Scotsman where I found this about it:
“When confronted with the above scenario, you can excuse your apparent rudeness by saying:
“Sorry for my tartle.”
What makes the word so special is that it doesn’t apply when you forget the person’s name entirely. Oh no. It’s exists only to encapsulate the brief awkwardness while you rummage around your brain for the answer.
Tartle has frequently appeared in lists around the world of perfect words that don’t translate to other nations. Word envy!”
As for crazy, insane working hours, I thought all the “new” technology(when it was new)was supposed to make our lives so much easier. At least that was a selling point then. Guess it’s really turning us into screen zombies.
Regarding "overwork": I lived this in both my military career and second career. In most cases, it was out of necessity. Date lines and time zone differences often required late night, very early morning, or weekend work to coordinate live with people halfway around the world. I always tried to use it to my advantage. If our work day was done, we would often pass something over to colleagues in another time zone during their work day while we were sleeping. Hardships like that never bothered me as long as they were shared.
One notable example when it didn't make sense: I was on a staff assignment in Korea in the early '90s, working for General Ron Fogleman, an inspired leader and the smartest human I have ever worked for. We worked half-days on Saturdays even when nothing was going on, just in case staffers at Pacific Air Forces in Hawaii (it was their Friday afternoon) had questions or issues for us. At a weekly meeting not long after he took command, Fogleman asked for a show of hands -- "how many of you have had any interaction with PACAF on a Saturday morning?" No hands went up; Friday afternoon in Hawaii was "Aloha Friday" -- most of those PACAF guys took Friday afternoon off. Fogleman told us we were not coming in on Saturday any more unless there was some crisis, and to enjoy our weekends.
Thank the Heavens that A/i retards are gonna get rid of Kobayashi Maru or whatever it is.
I thought the trend was to work fewer hours, not more. Wasn’t that what AI was going to do for humans? The only time I worked more than five days a week was over the summer in high school or when I had two jobs. The last company I worked for had its head office in Germany; we just learned to adapt to taking a day to get a response. Except the CEO who often had early, early zoom calls to match their late afternoon time.
Here in Canada, the move to more office time has started, with much pushback from unions. Funny how the decades spent commuting to the office has been forgotten. I much preferred being in the office, even though the commute was 2 hours of my day, as that is where things happen. You miss a lot working from home.
As for the ballroom debacle, is the thing really necessary? And will it be finished before the person is out of office? And if it isn’t, are the donors going to want their money back? Their contributions won’t go far if/when the Democrats get back in. Or even if a different variety of Republican shows up. If the person has had a hand in the interior design, it is going to be incredibly garish and just plain ugly. Jut because you can do something doesn’t always mean you should do it.
I often worked long stupid hours in the Navy...generally driven by ship's sked though - oiler refueling battle group could take three days, but I learned from my Navy dad to make that up when I could...in home port, nothing on the sked - go home troops!
Also did that at one company I worked for which, interestingly had no office so we were completely remote - still 3AM emails were common. I actullly think remote work causes longer hours if the work is actually there vs. just "make work"
Anyway, we humans are interesting that's for sure. Sadly, also often not terribly bright.