US Politics

Ok, last few mins the out going gov send out 1k. 10mins later the incoming gov send out 1k. You receive 2 checks of 1k on the same day from hm gov. Have you been lied to?

Yeah, no one has sent me any checks, or cheques.

Would you have been lied to if it was a bank transfer and not a check?

Could they just Monzo me?

it depends on what the incoming govt had said/promised. They know I had already received the 1k check so if they then promised a 2k one but gave me a 1k one, then I would think they're liars.

how do you even cash cheques now days?

do you still have to fill in that little form?

You just send the bank a photo of the cheque through their app. Except when your hipster bank doesn't support that, and you have to spend hours on the phone to HMRC to get them to transfer to your account instead.

Cheque writing has been bought into the 21st Century! You can stick them into cash machines, cross your fingers and hope that the issuers handwriting wasn't so bad that it confuses the parsing.
I do it once a year for christmas gifts from grandparents, so it may have changed since last time.

Cashing USD 'checks' is a pain in the bum. Terrible exchange rate + a fee + only certain banks do it.

US Govt. returning its attention to the South China Sea, with 2 carrier groups conducting exercises. Carriers normally have at least one nuclear sub with them, so it’s as much of an sub-aquatic recce mission as it is an exercise.
https://www.reuters.com/article/BigStory12/idUSKBN2A90I5

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Link?

Not seeing anything about this either...

Just news about a new video from the first storming being shown.

Just news about a new video from the first storming being shown.

Ah that makes more sense.

Whoops, getting the wrong end of the stick!

The Impeachment case is showing a shitload of internal Capitol security cam video and radio traffic not seen/heard before. I think showing Republicans running for their lives is an excellent tactic.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/02/10/senators-whisper-take-deep-breaths-violent-capitol-riot-video-plays/6712488002/

https://time.com/5938095/video-capitol-riot-impeachment-trial/

I'm hoping that footage of Mitch McConnell with badly stained trousers emerges

I'm hoping that footage of Mitch McConnell with badly stained trousers emerges

He wears a diaper. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

And yet not even 17 out of 50 of these republican fuckers will be able to summon the courage to do the right thing, to hold Trump accountable and impeach him.

Says a lot about how deeply fucked the republican party is. And dangerous.

the fact that some of the people who are giving him a pass are to all intents and purposes - trump's co conspirators is pretty fucking wild as well.