Just 10 years younger than Joe Biden. And just a coupla years younger than the candidate sitting in court rooms and featuring in daily news bulletins and satirical late nights programs.
Gosh. Kinda throws adult behaviour into sharp perspective, doesn’t it??
This guy is one year younger than Biden and 3 years older than Trump and doing a 16 city tour of the US and Canada over the next couple of months.
Geoff Duncan, a Republican who was lieutenant governor of Georgia when then-President Donald J. Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election results there, endorsed President Biden for re-election on Monday.
“I am voting for a decent person I disagree with on policy over a criminal defendant without a moral compass,” Mr. Duncan wrote in an opinion piece in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
@mtierney, You have posted a cartoon about protestors saying "first pay off my student debt." but whatever your feelings about loan forgiveness, and as I think this is becoming a talking point for Biden detractors, I am sharing an explanation of those who are eligible. This was copied for CBS news in January.
Biden forgives $5 billion more in student loan debt. Here's who qualifies and how to apply.
By Kate Gibson
Edited By Alain Sherter
January 19, 2024 / 12:18 PM EST / CBS News
The Biden administration a week ago said that, starting in February, people with less than $12,000 in student loans and who have been making payments for at least 10 years would get their remaining loan balance erased. Borrowers also have to be enrolled in the White House's new Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) repayment plan.
Nearly 44,000 of the borrowers approved for debt relief are teachers, nurses, firefighters, social workers and public servants with at least 10 years of service. The remaining close to 30,000 borrowers have been making payments on their loans at least 20 years, but who did not get relief through income-driven repayment plans.
Morganna says (in her valuable description of civil disobedience): "I'm mistrustful of people covering their faces."
mtierney gives a reason why masking may be prudent: "...students may well be spotted by identity technology available to employers to screen prospective job applicants."
Not to mention current employers, school administrators, police, and any opponent or random internet surfer who'd like to dox them. Seems sensible to me, though maybe not at the level of integrity and civic-mindedness Morganna described.
and fwiw, the reason Biden doesn't sprint around the White House is because he has spinal arthritis. It's unfair to the extreme that our pundits don't mention this constantly, because people point to his shuffling gait as proof he's too old to be president. But his gait is a result of his arthritis which AFAIK is not a condition that disqualifies someone from being POTUS.
I didn't find out about the arthritis until last week. Seems like SOMEONE should have mentioned it before.
I just searched the NYT for biden "spinal arthritis". 3 articles showed up, and two were about his last two physicals. I don't know when he was diagnosed or when it was made public, but it was at least known since his Feb. 2023 physical.
Now, how many articles have they published about his age since then that never mentioned this?
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Saw this one on Bluesky today.
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This guy is one year younger than Biden and 3 years older than Trump and doing a 16 city tour of the US and Canada over the next couple of months.
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These examples are so rare I feel they're worth highlighting -- some Republicans show that they can put country before Party:
Geoff Duncan, Georgia Republican, says he will vote for Biden (NYT)
https://www.ajc.com/opinion/geoff-duncan-why-im-voting-for-biden-and-other-republicans-should-too/LFLE5YWCBBA6VDGJAJKMNPCDKQ/
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cat on a cold slate roof.
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@mtierney, You have posted a cartoon about protestors saying "first pay off my student debt." but whatever your feelings about loan forgiveness, and as I think this is becoming a talking point for Biden detractors, I am sharing an explanation of those who are eligible. This was copied for CBS news in January.
MONEYWATCH
Biden forgives $5 billion more in student loan debt. Here's who qualifies and how to apply.
By Kate Gibson
Edited By Alain Sherter
January 19, 2024 / 12:18 PM EST / CBS News
Nearly 44,000 of the borrowers approved for debt relief are teachers, nurses, firefighters, social workers and public servants with at least 10 years of service. The remaining close to 30,000 borrowers have been making payments on their loans at least 20 years, but who did not get relief through income-driven repayment plans.
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I have a feral kitty who is doing roof and gutter inspections for me.
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Morganna says (in her valuable description of civil disobedience): "I'm mistrustful of people covering their faces."
mtierney gives a reason why masking may be prudent: "...students may well be spotted by identity technology available to employers to screen prospective job applicants."
Not to mention current employers, school administrators, police, and any opponent or random internet surfer who'd like to dox them. Seems sensible to me, though maybe not at the level of integrity and civic-mindedness Morganna described.
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So Noem doubles down on shooting doggies?
Sometimes when you find yourself in a deep hole you ought to stop digging.....
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I didn't find out about the arthritis until last week. Seems like SOMEONE should have mentioned it before.
I just searched the NYT for biden "spinal arthritis". 3 articles showed up, and two were about his last two physicals. I don't know when he was diagnosed or when it was made public, but it was at least known since his Feb. 2023 physical.
Now, how many articles have they published about his age since then that never mentioned this?
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