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#26 2020-11-08 17:22:20

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Now predicting Biden plans immediate flurry of executive orders to reverse Trump policies

President-elect Joe Biden is planning to quickly sign a series of executive orders after being sworn into office on Jan. 20, immediately forecasting that the country’s politics have shifted and that his presidency will be guided by radically different priorities.

Ah news source anonymous...

kbd512 wrote:

Former President Obama pardoned a man who was a FALN terrorist and, in point of fact, invited another terrorist named Bill Ayers to the White House multiple times.  Bill Ayers is the lovely fellow who murdered federal government employees in the 1960s and said his only regret was that he didn't kill more of them.  Bill Ayers wasn't simply some "unsavory world leader" that former President Obama was forced to deal with as part of his duties as President.  The man was simply a domestic terrorist who used murder in furtherance of his brain dead political ideology, which seems to be par for the course for Democrats.  I seriously doubt you have an acceptable explanation for that.

Bill Clinton pardoned most of the FLAN from the 70"s

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#27 2021-01-17 12:59:08

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There appears to be a strong resemblance...

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news says to expect a ton of countering executive orders on day 1.

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#28 2021-01-23 20:36:05

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Following in the Executive order method to making law or policy.
Here are the 30 executive orders and actions Biden signed in his first three days

President Joe Biden has taken 30 executive actions in three days
In his first three days in office, Biden issued 30 executive orders, presidential memoranda and agency directives, primarily focused on addressing the Covid-19 pandemic and undoing former President Donald Trump's actions. Ten of Biden's executive actions directly reverse Trump's policies.
Date    Topic    Reversal    Summary
January 22    Economy    Yes    Restores collective bargaining power and worker protections for federal workers, and lays the foundation for $15 minimum wage
January 22    Economy    No    Calls for assistance to those who are struggling to buy food, missed out on stimulus checks or are unemployed.
January 21    Coronavirus    No    Accelerates manufacturing and delivery of supplies for vaccination, testing and Personal Protective Equipment
January 21    Coronavirus    No    Directs FEMA to expand reimbursement to states to fully cover the cost for National Guard personnel and emergency supplies
January 21    Coronavirus    No    Establishes the Pandemic Testing Board to expand US coronavirus testing capacity
January 21    Coronavirus    No    Establishes a preclinical program to boost development of therapeutics in response to pandemic threats
January 21    Coronavirus    No    Enhances the nation's collection, production, sharing and analysis of coronavirus data
January 21    Coronavirus    No    Directs FEMA to create federally-supported community vaccination centers
January 21    Coronavirus    No    Directs the Department of Education and HHS to provide guidance for safely reopening and operating schools, childcare providers and institutions of higher education
January 21    Coronavirus    No    Calls on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to release clear guidance on Covid-19, decide whether to establish emergency temporary standards, and directs OSHA to enforce worker health and safety requirements
January 21    Coronavirus    No    Requires mask wearing in airports and on certain modes of transportation, including many trains, airplanes, maritime vessels and intercity buses. International travelers must provide proof of a negative Covid-19 test prior to coming to the US
January 21    Coronavirus    No    Creates the Covid-19 Health Equity Task Force to help ensure an equitable pandemic response and recovery
January 21    Coronavirus    No    A presidential directive to restore America's leadership, support the international pandemic response effort, promote resilience for future threats and advance global health security and the Global Health Security Agenda
January 20    Coronavirus    No    Launches a "100 Days Masking Challenge" asking Americans to wear masks for 100 days. Requires masks and physical distancing in federal buildings, on federal lands and by government contractors, and urges states and local governments to do the same.
January 20    Coronavirus    Yes    Stops the United States' withdrawal from the World Health Organization, with Dr. Anthony Fauci becoming the head of the delegation to the WHO
January 20    Coronavirus    No    Creates the position of Covid-19 Response Coordinator, reporting directly to Biden and managing efforts to produce and distribute vaccines and medical equipment
January 20    Economy    No    Extends the existing nationwide moratorium on evictions and foreclosures until at least March 31
January 20    Economy    No    Extends the existing pause on student loan payments and interest for Americans with federal student loans until at least September 30
January 20    Environment    Yes    Rejoins the Paris climate accord, a process that will take 30 days
January 20    Environment    Yes    Cancels the Keystone XL pipeline and directs agencies to review and reverse more than 100 Trump actions on the environment
January 20    Equity    Yes    Rescinds the Trump administration's 1776 Commission, directs agencies to review their actions to ensure racial equity
January 20    Equity    No    Prevents workplace discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity
January 20    Census    Yes    Requires non-citizens to be included in the Census and apportionment of congressional representatives
January 20    Immigration    No    Fortifies DACA after Trump's efforts to undo protections for undocumented people brought into the country as children
January 20    Immigration    Yes    Reverses the Trump administration's restrictions on US entry for passport holders from seven Muslim-majority countries
January 20    Immigration    Yes    Undoes Trump's expansion of immigration enforcement within the United States
January 20    Immigration    Yes    Halts construction of the border wall by terminating the national emergency declaration used to fund it
January 20    Immigration    No    Extends deferrals of deportation and work authorizations for Liberians with a safe haven in the United States until June 30, 2022
January 20    Ethics    No    Requires executive branch appointees to sign an ethics pledge barring them from acting in personal interest and requiring them to uphold the independence of the Department of Justice
January 20    Regulation    Yes    Directs OMB director to develop recommendations to modernize regulatory review and undoes Trump's regulatory approval process

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#29 2021-01-25 18:45:33

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I have lost track of all of the executive orders and here is another Biden to sign 'Buy American' executive order Monday

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-roo … s-workers/

Finally found the location where these reside.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-roo … l-actions/

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#30 2021-01-26 03:44:39

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One thing that would be helpful if you want to 'buy American' or at least 'not buy Chinese' would be to mandate by law that the origin of products on platforms like Amazon, are clearly stated on the sales page.  That way, it is a matter of consumer choice.  You don't have to mandate anything, you let Joe Public decide.


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#31 2021-01-26 19:14:50

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Its more than that for buy American as the loop holes exist for assemblies to be finish here and its counts as made in America. There is also the distribution gig where its shipped here unpackaged and put into a box with american labels then passed off as if its the real deal.

List of executive orders since taking office.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics … d=msedgdhp

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#32 2021-02-14 18:02:46

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I do not believe this is the way we should be governed....and putting party ahead of the people is no better.
Biden has started erasing Trump’s legacy. Now the hard part starts.

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#33 2021-02-15 09:57:16

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Something  started that Biden will need to deal with The Taliban have been encroaching on key cities around Afghanistan for months, threatening to drive the country to its breaking point and push the Biden administration into a no-win situation just as the United States’ longest war is supposed to be coming to an end.

The Taliban’s brazen offensive has put the Biden administration into a dangerous political bind. Under the deal struck by President Donald J. Trump with the Taliban last year, all foreign troops — including the remaining 2,500 American service members who support Afghanistan’s beleaguered army and security forces — are scheduled to withdraw by May 1, leaving the country in an especially precarious state.

We should never make deals with the Taliban as they do not keep their word...lest we forget 9/11/01

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#35 2021-03-06 19:25:21

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Making good on the previous presidents request of 2000 for stillus and getting just 600....
Senate passes $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill, including $1,400 stimulus checks, with no Republican support

Before it can be signed by Biden, the legislation will have to be passed again by the House after the Senate made changes to its version, which Democrats approved along party lines last Saturday.

How soon might you receive a $1,400 stimulus check?

After the bill is signed into law, the IRS could begin delivering the checks within days to one week, based on the timeframe for the previous round of checks — potentially as early as the weekend of March 13.

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Rather than calling it the china virus and slurring a race Trump should have done the investigation that will now take place a year later The Senate on Friday passed a resolution calling for a probe into the origins of COVID-19 amid renewed attention over a theory that the virus came from a lab in China.

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#36 2021-08-03 19:01:41

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#37 2021-08-03 19:58:52

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SpaceNut,

The Democrats are now concerned that Governor Cuomo allegedly sexually harassed some women, but during the worst days of the pandemic he was putting COVID patients back into nursing homes.

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#38 2021-08-04 19:24:40

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Trump did the same and then some long before being president.

A  recent article Andrew Cuomo’s Covid-19 nursing home fiasco shows the ethical perils of pandemic policymaking Feb. 26, 2021

Of course the actions were more than a year ago when the congress passed bills to protect against law suits that would result in what was done being called a crime of which it was and is. As the intent was to not protect those that got the virus  maybe he was told that they are not contagious but we all know that covid is different than any form of flu we have ever had.

I think my post was in politics about the giving of immunity and that it was wrong...

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#39 2021-08-06 08:23:20

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The 20 year war comes to an end?

but...maybe not... it could be chaos??

They say mohammedan islamic military fundamentalist groups have taken over nearly 10 percent of Afghanistan in the last week alone


Taliban kill head of Afghan government media department
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/a … epartment/

The Taliban Assassinates Afghanistan Govt's Media Head Dawa Khan Menapal In Kabul
https://www.republicworld.com/world-new … kabul.html

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#40 2021-08-08 08:40:53

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Guess whom is still at it; "Donald Trump" whom is raging against any Republicans who support the measure to bring aid to the countries poor infrastructure conditions.

Trump threatens Republicans who back bill

The $1tn bipartisan infrastructure package contains a “historic investment” in public works programs, from roads and bridges to broadband internet access, drinking water and more. With a follow up discusion for even more in a $3.5tn package of child care, elder care and other programs.

Take the blinders off and start helping Americans and America first....

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#41 2021-08-08 17:34:58

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SpaceNut,

Aren't you normally the one telling us about how poor Americans are becoming and how they're being ignored in favor of other pursuits?

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#42 2021-08-12 21:13:07

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Bill Gates pledges $1.5 billion for climate change projects if Congress passes infrastructure bill

Bipartisan infrastructure bill
The US Senate voted Jul 28 to consider an infrastructure spending bill developed by a bipartisan group of senators. According to a summary quoted in Politico, the bill includes:

$110B for roads, bridges, and major projects
$73B for power and grid projects
$66B for passenger and freight rail
$65B for broadband
$55B for water infrastructure
$39.2B for public transit
$25B for airports
$17B for ports and waterways
$15B for lower-emission buses and ferries
$11B for highway and pedestrian safety
$47.2B for resiliency (flood and wildfire mitigation, ecosystem restoration, weatherization, and cybersecurity)
$7.5B for electric vehicle infrastructure
$21B for addressing legacy pollution, reclaiming abandoned mines, and plugging orphan wells
After further negotiations the bill was presented on the Senate floor on Sunday, August 1, as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-roo … -jobs-act/

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#43 2021-08-13 01:09:39

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How do we "reclaim" abandoned mines?

Look, there's a hole in the ground!  It's ours!  We re-claimed it!  Hooray!

Seriously, though, are we looking to turn old gold mines in the middle of BFE into community centers or something?

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#44 2021-08-13 04:08:33

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The US does need a sustained programme to upgrade its public infrastructure, roads and bridges in particular.  But the world will be a very different place 30 years from now.  There needs to be careful thought given to how freight transportation can be sustained in an era of much more constrained liquid fuel supply.  I suspect that rail will be a big part of the answer here.  This is an existing system that already carries a large volume of freight.  How can it be upgraded to reduce the need for long distance trucking?  I doubt that this sort of systematic thinking is on the radar of those drafting the legislation.  Which is unfortunate.  There are electric truck solutions with range 100-200 miles.  But further than this is not really practical.  So the US needs a rail system that can take freight to and from regional nodes, service surrounding regions of a few thousand square miles or less.  This may mean new railway routes and preparing local industries to adapt to conditions where shipping is to and from a rail depot.

Electric heavy trucks are an existing solution.  This one has range up to 250 miles.  Unfortunately, recharging times mean that this isn't something that can practically carry freight across country.  But they would work carrying containerised freight from a factory to regional rail hub 100 miles away.
https://freightliner.com/trucks/ecascadia/

People are more flexible.  I suspect that if reduced cost electric vehicles can be produced, with range up to 100km, then coaches powered by fuel cells can transport people along trunk roads.  This allows a very dispersed population like the US to maintain a large amount of personal mobility with relatively small reliance on fossil fuels.

There are non-fossil solutions to transportation problems arising from Peak Oil.  Unfortunately, most people assume that these solutions need to work in exactly the same way that existing solutions work.  But that simply isn't practical.
Batteries, hydrogen, compressed air, thermal energy storage - all of these things have much lower energy density than diesel or gasoline and they take a lot longer to recharge than it takes to refill a gas tank.  That means shorter range for a practically affordable solution and a more node based way of working.

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#45 2021-08-13 19:12:10

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I would think filling back in the hole would be a start if the junk materials are still on site but then again its a man made lake if you redirect excess water from flash floods or other high rain fall situations...main thing is reuse the tunnels for good.

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#46 2021-10-09 12:49:35

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They found him such as to be able to serve a subpoena after he went into hiding to avoid testifying.

Former Trump aide Dan Scavino served January 6 committee subpoena after struggle to locate him

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#48 2021-11-06 13:23:48

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SpaceNut,

What does the Wampanoag's tribal history have to do with President Biden or President Trump or President Obama?

I'm guessing the answer is absolutely nothing.

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#49 2021-11-06 16:05:23

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In 2015, about 300 acres was put in federal trust for the Mashpee Wampanoag under President Barack Obama. That essentially gave them a reservation, although it is composed of dozens of parcels that are scattered throughout the Cape Cod area and represents half of 1 percent of their land historically.

But President Donald Trump’s administration tried to take the land out of trust, jeopardizing their ability to develop it.

Mashpee Wampanoag tribal officials said they’re still awaiting final word from the Department of the Interior — now led by Deb Haaland, the first Native American to head the agency — on the status of their land.

That good enough

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#50 2021-11-06 16:38:01

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SpaceNut,

Feds Drop Legal Battle Over Tribe's Reservation Status

The Cape Cod-based tribe was granted more than 300 acres of land in trust in 2015 by then-President Barack Obama, a move that carved out the federally protected land needed for the tribe to develop its planned $1 billion First Light casino, hotel and entertainment resort.

The tribe learned in March 2020 that the federal government was moving to reverse the reservation designation. The Trump administration decided it could not take the land into trust because the tribe was not officially recognized as of June 1, 1934. That was the year the federal Indian Reorganization Act, which laid the foundation for modern federal Indian policy, became law.

At the time, the tribe’s chair called it a “sucker punch.”

The Cape Cod-based tribe, which traces its ancestry to the Native Americans that shared a fall harvest meal with the Pilgrims in 1621, gained federal recognition in 2007.

U.S. Representative Bill Keating, D-Mass., whose district represents Cape Cod, applauded the decision to drop the appeal.

“The claim that the Tribe of the First Light, the Tribe of the First Thanksgiving was not an original Native American Tribe has always been disingenuous,” Keating said in a statement. “And the Trump Administration’s sudden attempt to remove their land from trust last March — in the midst of a pandemic — was heartless.”

Let's teach you a little bit of history, as it pertains to the laws in questions.  For some strange reason, I constantly have to educate Democrats about the laws that their own political party signs into law.

President Trump's administration decided it was obligated to uphold the existing law, which was signed into law by former President. Franklin D. Rooselvelt, Democrat, in 1934, the year the applicable law was signed into law by the Rooselvelt administration.  President Obama, decided he didn't have to follow the law and could start making declarations as if they carried the force of law with them, which they do not.  That was one of the major reasons that President Trump was elected.  Democrats can't seem to figure out that when they enact a law, the law means what they scribble on their paper, and if they later decide that they don't like it, then the proper recourse is to petition Congress to change the law.  Again, this has nothing to do with ANY Presidential administration except for that of former President Franklin D. Rooselvelt, Democrat.  Your issue is with President Rooselvelt, not with what President Trump's administration was prohibited by law from doing.  If you don't like any law, then the legal remedy is to go change said law.  It's improbable that anyone would even care about changing the law to give land to the Wampanoag, but the way you go about doing that is with an amendment to the 1934 law, starting in the House of Representatives, which is controlled by the Democrats, and ending on President Biden's desk, someone who is also a Democrat.

This is exactly how you avoid future lawsuits.  You have an existing law that the government is obligated to uphold, the government actually does that under Republican administrations, and if you don't like a law, then you amend the existing law or create a new one.  It's an exceptionally simple concept, but clearly beyond the comprehension of many Democrats.  Either follow the legal process for changing the law, or quit complaining about Republican administrations upholding the law.

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