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eerok 17th June 2021 05:52 PM

MTG, ever the idiot.

What universe is this. [reddit.com]

newyorkguy 17th June 2021 06:06 PM

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Tuesday Greene held a press conference in which she called for the dismissal of Dr. Anthony Fauci. Today?

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Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene introduced a bill on Thursday to abolish the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives after the agency issued two proposed rule changes that have angered Second Amendment advocates. The legislation would rescind all ATF regulations put in place after Aug. 1, 2020, forbid the government body from hiring, and require top authorities to publicize an itemized list of all confiscated firearms and ammunition, which will then be auctioned to the public, according to a copy of the bill. The proposal would also transfer the bureau's regulatory power to the FBI. Yahoo Finance news link

Stacyhs 17th June 2021 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Stacyhs (Post 13511673)
Only Tucker, Hannity and Fox and Friends. The "news" part has been taken over by the Deep State. It's sending out subliminal messages to worship Satan and eat babies.

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Originally Posted by eerok (Post 13512154)
MTG, ever the idiot.

What universe is this. [reddit.com]

I'm shocked! Shocked, I tells ya!:shocked:

Stacyhs 17th June 2021 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by newyorkguy (Post 13512165)
Tuesday Greene held a press conference in which she called for the dismissal of Dr. Anthony Fauci. Today?

I'm going to send her one of these:

http://www.internationalskeptics.com...bf9f0b3dd4.jpg

gypsyjackson 17th June 2021 08:57 PM

Not that her reasons for doing it are sane, but shouldn’t ATF just be part of the FBI?

Craig4 18th June 2021 05:16 AM

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Originally Posted by gypsyjackson (Post 13512263)
Not that her reasons for doing it are sane, but shouldn’t ATF just be part of the FBI?

I don't really see most FBI agents being all that excited about getting all gunned up and going out looking for stills in the swamps of Southern Maryland where I live.

JoeMorgue 18th June 2021 05:18 AM

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Originally Posted by gypsyjackson (Post 13512263)
Not that her reasons for doing it are sane, but shouldn’t ATF just be part of the FBI?

It's should be a department/taskforce in the FBI probably.

catsmate 18th June 2021 05:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Stacyhs (Post 13508679)
If you brought that up to MTG, she'd claim that she was talking about viruses only and that the plague is caused by a bacteria (after someone with some intelligence explains to her the difference between a virus and bacteria).

OK
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Originally Posted by Norman Alexander (Post 13508637)
The bubonic red plague [smallpox] was around long before Wuhan labs was built. LONG before. So I guess that God gave rats and fleas variola viruses microbiological warfare technologies??

:)

Jim_MDP 18th June 2021 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by gypsyjackson (Post 13512263)
Not that her reasons for doing it are sane, but shouldn’t ATF just be part of the FBI?

Short answer... no
But damn, I just deleted a ~300 word intro to why the early DOJ and nascent Treasury Dept was a tad complicated.
The US Secret Service, the firearms acts of the thirties (and eighties), and the protective services of the the Treasury Service wend their way through the tale.
It's not odd, but screwy, and beyond me to tell intellegebly.

(damn auto... is that last a word?)

BobTheCoward 18th June 2021 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by gypsyjackson (Post 13512263)
Not that her reasons for doing it are sane, but shouldn’t ATF just be part of the FBI?

It should be your presents for your 18th birthday.

Agatha 19th June 2021 01:07 PM

Mod Warning Please try to stay within the range of a Jewish Space Laser of the topic, which is MTG and not liquorice.
Responding to this modbox in thread will be off topic Posted By:Agatha

smartcooky 19th June 2021 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Jim_MDP (Post 13512844)
Short answer... no
But damn, I just deleted a ~300 word intro to why the early DOJ and nascent Treasury Dept was a tad complicated.
The US Secret Service, the firearms acts of the thirties (and eighties), and the protective services of the the Treasury Service wend their way through the tale.
It's not odd, but screwy, and beyond me to tell intellegebly

IIRC, the ATF being part of the US Treasury goes back to when part of their job was to ensure that taxes were paid on home-made alcohol. Their agents were even known by the moonshiners as the "Revenue Men". I'm not sure if that is still (no pun intended) part of their job, but if it is, it would make no sense to merge them with the FBI.

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Originally Posted by Jim_MDP (Post 13512844)
(damn auto... is that last a word?)

It is... intelligibly... you just misspelled it.

Babbylonian 19th June 2021 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by smartcooky (Post 13513796)
IIRC, the ATF being part of the US Treasury goes back to when part of their job was to ensure that taxes were paid on home-made alcohol. Their agents were even known by the moonshiners as the "Revenue Men". I'm not sure if that is still (no pun intended) part of their job, but if it is, it would make no sense to merge them with the FBI.



It is... intelligibly... you just misspelled it.

Bottom line: If we're going to talk about dismantling a federal law enforcement agency, let's start with the DEA. They're a pox on this country and the nations of Central and South America.

Stacyhs 19th June 2021 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Babbylonian (Post 13513825)
Bottom line: If we're going to talk about dismantling a federal law enforcement agency, let's start with the DEA. They're a pox on this country and the nations of Central and South America.

God wouldn't create a pox on 'his' country. C. and S. America: yes. They're not even "real" Americans despite the name. :rolleyes:

Marjorie T G is as thick, dense, and tasteless as black licorice.

newyorkguy 19th June 2021 05:06 PM

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From the Tennessean, a Nashville newspaper. Wilson County is located just east of Nashville.
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The Wilson County Republican Party has selected a keynote speaker for this year's annual Trump Day Dinner: U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a controversial member of Congress stripped this year of her House committee assignments. Greene, a North Georgia Republican whose district borders the Chattanooga area, will speak at the county party's fundraising dinner Oct. 7, Wilson County GOP chairman Brad Lytle confirmed...Some "Reagan Day" dinners in Tennessee, longstanding Republican fundraising events held by county parties, have in recent years changed their name to "Trump Day." In Wilson County, that change occurred in 2020. The year before that, the county party took a hybrid approach, calling it the "Reagan/Trump Day Dinner."Tennessean link
Tickets for the dinner go for $75 each, while $1,000 donation secures an event sponsorship and
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A one-hour private reception with Greene. That $1,000 includes a mandatory $500 check made out to Greene's campaign account. The remaining portion of the donation goes to the county party.

Stacyhs 19th June 2021 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by newyorkguy (Post 13513933)
From the Tennessean, a Nashville newspaper. Wilson County is located just east of Nashville.


Tickets for the dinner go for $75 each, while $1,000 donation secures an event sponsorship and

Trump Day is apropos: MTG is as big a grifter as he is.

All that woman has done since her first day in DC is try and raise money for herself.

Craig4 19th June 2021 11:27 PM

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Originally Posted by smartcooky (Post 13513796)
IIRC, the ATF being part of the US Treasury goes back to when part of their job was to ensure that taxes were paid on home-made alcohol. Their agents were even known by the moonshiners as the "Revenue Men". I'm not sure if that is still (no pun intended) part of their job, but if it is, it would make no sense to merge them with the FBI.



It is... intelligibly... you just misspelled it.

Yes it is. ATF Agents still go out looking for stills and arresting moonshiners in the remote parts of the Southern US. I'm not that remote but I mostly live in swamp so they come around where I am in Southern Maryland. The shady little, stop and rob liquor/convenience/farm supply store by my house sells cases of mason jars year round to support a "certain clientele".

Craig4 20th June 2021 12:13 AM

I heard an interview with one of that Gosar boy's brothers. In it, he refers to Marjorie Traitor Greene. I have to say, I kind of like it.

Stacyhs 20th June 2021 01:02 AM

The FBI doesn't have time to take over the ATF. They're too busy plotting and staging insurrections with Antifa.:rolleyes:

smartcooky 20th June 2021 02:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Craig4 (Post 13514095)
I heard an interview with one of that Gosar boy's brothers. In it, he refers to Marjorie Traitor Greene. I have to say, I kind of like it.

... and here is that interview.

https://edition.cnn.com/videos/polit...newday-vpx.cnn

Not only that, but the other brother calls Paul Gosar a pathological liar, and at least suspects he is one of the people behind the insurrection.

Craig4 20th June 2021 02:26 AM

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Originally Posted by smartcooky (Post 13514117)
... and here is that interview.

https://edition.cnn.com/videos/polit...newday-vpx.cnn

Not only that, but the other brother calls Paul Gosar a pathological liar, and at least suspects he is one of the people behind the insurrection.

I understand that members and Capitol Police observed the Gosar boy giving tours to people on the the 5th. Those same people were part of the enemy force that attacked the capitol the following day.

smartcooky 20th June 2021 05:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Craig4 (Post 13514126)
I understand that members and Capitol Police observed the Gosar boy giving tours to people on the the 5th. Those same people were part of the enemy force that attacked the capitol the following day.

Replied in the "Rioters storm and occupy the US Capitol" thread as it seems more appropriate there

http://www.internationalskeptics.com...&postcount=355

BobTheCoward 21st June 2021 07:37 AM

Wrong thread

dudalb 22nd June 2021 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by gypsyjackson (Post 13512263)
Not that her reasons for doing it are sane, but shouldn’t ATF just be part of the FBI?

Originally the AFT was set up in the Department of the Tresury since it's main job was seeing that the federal laws taxes and licence fees were paid by Distillers and the Tobacco companies; and those evading the taxes and fees..ie the bootleggers..were caught. Firearms was thrown in ,I understand, when the FBI did not want the political baggage that enforcing gun laws would involve.

ponderingturtle 22nd June 2021 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by dudalb (Post 13516205)
Originally the AFT was set up in the Department of the Tresury since it's main job was seeing that the federal laws taxes and licence fees were paid by Distillers and the Tobacco companies; and those evading the taxes and fees..ie the bootleggers..were caught. Firearms was thrown in ,I understand, when the FBI did not want the political baggage that enforcing gun laws would involve.

Who else would be putting out the tax stamps for a machine gun?

newyorkguy 23rd June 2021 06:46 AM

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More words of wisdom from MTG. Posted about ninety minutes ago.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene @mtgreenee
Business owners & gun owners are the greatest threat to the Democrat’s ultimate goal of socialism.

Because of their mindset.

They are independent, successful & don’t need to rely on the government.

They can’t be convinced they’re a victim.

Therefore they can’t be controlled. Twitter link

Belz... 23rd June 2021 06:50 AM

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Originally Posted by newyorkguy (Post 13513933)
From the Tennessean, a Nashville newspaper. Wilson County is located just east of Nashville.


Tickets for the dinner go for $75 each, while $1,000 donation secures an event sponsorship and

Yep. The GOP is all a big grift now.

Lurch 23rd June 2021 06:52 AM

So just WHO are convinced they're 'victims' these days, Marginal? (Not a typo.)

abaddon 23rd June 2021 07:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Lurch (Post 13516993)
So just WHO are convinced they're 'victims' these days, Marginal? (Not a typo.)

Marginal Traitor Green? It just gets funnier.

newyorkguy 23rd June 2021 07:24 AM

Greene says:
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Business owners & gun owners are the greatest threat to the Democrat’s ultimate goal of socialism...They are independent, successful & don’t need to rely on the government.
They don't? Everytown research dot org found:
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Despite a record year for gun sales, an Everytown analysis found that the firearms industry received extensive support from the first tranche of funding from the federal Paycheck Protection Program. Specifically, the data indicates that at least 1,871 firearms-related businesses and organizations received PPP funds from the federal government totaling $156.9 million in 2020. In several specific instances, the federal government’s support of larger players in the firearms industry through the PPP is at odds with evidence about the strength of their respective businesses in 2020. Government assistance through the PPP includes $3 million to a producer of AR-platform weapons, $1.6 million to a manufacturer of silencers, and nearly $400,000 to one of the most prominent producers of ghost gun kits and parts in the United States. Everytown link
The industry actually bragged about how well they did in 2020.
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According to [Smith & Wesson] CEO Mark Smith, the company is celebrating its best year since it was established 169 years ago. In addition to its quarterly earnings, Smith & Wesson also presented its last fiscal year. The gun manufacturer reported its sales doubled in its last fiscal year to $1.1 billion. The surge in sales came as more Americans stockpiled guns and ammunition during the Coronavirus pandemic. Thanks to the increase in sales, Smith & Wesson generated a profit of $252.04 million, giving it enough to settle all its debts. link to FXEmpire financial news site


sackett 23rd June 2021 07:26 AM

Questions: Who genuinely sides with or defends Margerine? Who is actually influenced by her?

Belz... 23rd June 2021 07:31 AM

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Originally Posted by abaddon (Post 13517013)
Marginal Traitor Green? It just gets funnier.

I've got one better:

Marginal Traitor Grift.

JoeMorgue 23rd June 2021 07:35 AM

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Originally Posted by sackett (Post 13517052)
Questions: Who genuinely sides with or defends Margerine? Who is actually influenced by her?

Well I mean... she got elected.

Just because people on Twitter and Tumblr and Reddit and the rest of the "The Internet's Internet" hate her doesn't mean she doesn't have supporters.

newyorkguy 23rd June 2021 07:37 AM

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Originally Posted by sackett (Post 13517052)
Questions: Who genuinely sides with or defends Margerine? Who is actually influenced by her?

I feel pretty sure that just about every one of the 74 million Americans who voted for four more years of donald trump last year, I'd bet just about everyone of them sides with and would defend Greene. And are greatly influenced by her nonstop blathering. Her record as one of the top fundraisers in Congress -- I think she's third behind Scalise and Pelosi -- is ample proof a lot of Americans take her very seriously.

The Don 23rd June 2021 07:54 AM

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Originally Posted by sackett (Post 13517052)
Questions: Who genuinely sides with or defends Margerine?

The Trump wing of the GOP.

In other words, 80-90% of the GOP.

There may be some GOP representatives who are unhappy that she foghorns what they're dog-whistling but the means and the ends seem similar enough.

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Originally Posted by sackett (Post 13517052)
Who is actually influenced by her?

Her constituents ?

A number of GOP congresscritters who are concerned about being primaried by Q-Anon adherents ?

newyorkguy 23rd June 2021 07:58 AM

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Vox reported in April, for the first quarter 2021:
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In preparation for what is likely to be a contentious reelection fight, freshman Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has raised more than $3 million in the last three months, Politico reported Wednesday. It’s a shocking total, one that dwarfs the nearly $728,000 Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (D-NY) pulled in during the first three months of 2019, and it follows months of controversy that have dogged Greene since her election victory in November.

“I’m just getting started,” Greene tweeted Wednesday while celebrating the haul. “I am one of the people and the people are with me, and I will always be with them.” Vox link

sackett 23rd June 2021 08:33 AM

Ugh. I had to open my big mouth.

Andy_Ross 23rd June 2021 08:36 AM

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Originally Posted by newyorkguy (Post 13517046)
Greene says:

They don't? Everytown research dot org found:


The industry actually bragged about how well they did in 2020.

Don't forget all the import restrictions designed to support and benefit the US gun industry.

dudalb 23rd June 2021 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Belz... (Post 13516991)
Yep. The GOP is all a big grift now.

I don't like the GOP any more then you do but to be fair most Democratic fundraisers are just about the same..overpriced tickets for a medicore dinner.
It's not nicknamed "The Rubber Chicken Circuit" in both parties for nothing.

dudalb 23rd June 2021 11:47 AM

Just to make it clear, I despise MTG but her fund raising banquet is not much different then other fund raising banquets in both parties.


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