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H2O Man

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8. Thanks.

Reply to Hekate (Reply #6)

Thu Feb 14, 2019, 08:24 PM

Feb 2019

It looks like Trump is ready to declare an emergency. I'm unsure if most people understand the full extent of the "temporary" powers that would, if successful, grant him. The actual "emergency powers" are expansive, far more than simply the money involved.

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Octopus's Garden [View all] H2O Man Feb 2019 OP

Thank you, this is so well written. AJT Feb 2019 #1

Thank you! H2O Man Feb 2019 #2

Thanks bro malaise Feb 2019 #3

Thanks! H2O Man Feb 2019 #4

Please do malaise Feb 2019 #5

Done. H2O Man Feb 2019 #7

KnR, H2O Man Hekate Feb 2019 #6

Thanks. H2O Man Feb 2019 #8

Can you expand on that? coeur_de_lion Feb 2019 #12

K&R! Dem2theMax Feb 2019 #9

K&R... spanone Feb 2019 #10

Someone had mentioned two different types of countries - criminal countries and non-criminal ... kentuck Feb 2019 #11