Man, remember when Republicans actually had something resembling a coherent political philosophy closely enough that they could enforce intra-party discipline?
A. I happen to love tacos with just ground beef, cheese and mayo on a corn tortilla. That was the first taco I ever had and they are delicious. I also love spicy tacos though.
B. I’m very sorry Kolak, but there is nothing bog standard about Loomer.
C. Outdoor rallies for trump are more affordable and also make it harder to tell what his attendance numbers are. But he’s scared to do them. He gonna be sweating a lot. I was gonna say sweating bullets but that would be mean.
I’m pretty sure it’s pro-Harris. By “switch sides,” the tweeter meant “now there are tacky swag hawkers among Democrats – this kind of low-class crap used to be just on the Republican side.”
I’ve found that $2 bill for sale on several different places at wildly differing prices, all using more or less the same boilerplate claiming that though it’s intended to be a collectible, it’s also legitimate currency. I don’t believe it for one second.
Besides the fact that there’s a formal process for vetting currency design, all currency displays the serial number in at least two places, on the left and the right of the bill. Plus the signature appears to be that of Kamala herself, whereas authentic currency bears the signature of both the US Treasurer and the Secretary of the Treasury. I’d be curious to see one to see how authentic the engraving looks and the feel of the paper, and comparing the reverse side to a real $2 bill. If everything looks believably real, I suspect whoever is making these would be able to make passable replicas of real $2 bills and is perilously close to counterfeiting.
Back in my printing days, we had to make certain modifications if someone wanted their face on a dollar bill. The size has to be either 75% or less, or 150% or more. Otherwise, it can be flagged for counterfeiting.
Now, after reading an article in the Guardian, on a completely different topic: I need someone to explain to a foreigner what “stolen valor” means. Bonus points for any sensible reference to bone spurs without stretching context too much.
It means claiming to be a war (or at least military) hero when one is not. In the case of Walz, because he once mis-spoke 6(?) years ago about being in a war – during a speech about assault weapons – when he never actually served in a war zone, is the R’s excuse for accusing him of stolen valor.
Ah, thanks! And is this a reason to have some schadenfreude at this helpless try or will they milk it like “Bu-bu-but her e-mails!”? Or is there another thread covering it?
I don’t know exactly where, I would look in the Politics forum, there is a thread generally about Walz in there.
If any Republican (or anyone else) were to mention this incident to me, I would ask them to read it side-by-side with Trump’s comments about Medal of Honor winners, just a day or two ago. What is bad about stolen valor is that it cheapens the currency of actual valor, so to speak – like counterfeit money. Trump’s remarks were not a case of stolen valor, but they sure cheapened that currency more than any actual stolen valor action ever could.
Looking at the description again, they refer to “uncirculated bills taken from Federal Reserve sealed packs” so I think your description is basically what this is. So AFAIK there’s nothing illegal about it but it’s kinda lame, even though it’s probably not a “sticker” in the ordinary sense but probably a very thin material that looks and feels like a printed part of the bill. Now I’m no longer curious about it!
The relevant powers that be, (Secret Service, in this case) take a dim view of deliberate defacing of US currency. So if these are some kind of sticker, I expect them to be shut down sooner or later.