On Dec 14, 2024:
posted by QuakerOats
If you think it was an insurrection you are not real sharp; I'm sorry.
Will the real rioters from the summer of love be forced to make restitution for the $2 BILLION in damage they caused?
Correct. You are indeed sorry.
On Dec 13, 2024:
Charleston SC. New GF lived there for a while and wants to show me around.
On Nov 22, 2024:
posted by QuakerOats
You upset?
No, just honest.
On Nov 21, 2024:
posted by Ironman92And a damn good one…morals weren’t perfect though
Morals fit perfectly for the incoming administration.
On Nov 15, 2024:
posted by majorsparkDoes it? We are investing in influence. Leaving it to bad actors makes zero sense. Forcing allies to contribute more especially those near the front of these issues makes sense. When it comes to the trillions that falls on entitlements and wasteful bureaucracies. The bad actors place less value on life, liberty, and quality of life of their citizens than others do. So that is difficult to balance without bowing out.
You can't blame the trillions of debt on entitlements only when the military, part of what supporting wars budget goes to, is like 1/3 of the budget.
There is no way to get out of deficit spending without cutting entitlments AND the military...both.
On Nov 12, 2024:
posted by queencitybuckeyeGerry Faust, 89
A good man put into a very tough situation.
Gerry Faust, 89
On Nov 7, 2024:
posted by Ironman92My Dems are now going off on FB….just attacking Trumps character
There's a really tough task.
On Nov 6, 2024:
posted by CenterBHSFanWhat?
"relative integrity" is just another way of saying that likeability is more important than ability to solve problems. To me that just sounds like DEI- adjacent.
Yeah, I will just kind of respectfully disagree.
Just the opposite, actually. It's saying that doing what is right (while admittedly subjective) is better than what is popular.
A couple of unrelated things.
1. Anyone who has participated in the election process knows that significant cheating is all but impossible.
2. Someone on one of the Sunday morning shows (wish I remember who) suggested that we would be better served basing our votes on the relative integrity of the candidates rather than issues, even important ones. I tend to agree.
On Nov 4, 2024:
posted by CenterBHSFanAs far as the abortion thing goes, I've always thought safe legal and rare was the way to go. That used to be the Dem stance before Trump came along.
But now the party is all but saying that women can't figure out how to form advocacy groups or how to lobby their state legislatures AS THEY SEE FIT. I don't know how that kind of messaging helps. I'm not saying it won't - but it kind of challenges their ads portraying women being the HBIC. And then there's the other conflicting ad that women are slinking around the voting booths hiding their votes from their husbands. So which message is the strongest and resonates best with women?
- The secretive and timid woman?
- The sassy Brat Summer woman?
- The stupid woman who can't organize?
The woman who makes a choice with no interference from any government entity?
posted by queencitybuckeyeNO government has a place for that decision.
Agreed. Power to the people.
posted by Trueblue23Well yeah, most liberal women are moronic 1 issue voters. Save that stance for your state elections, the federal government has no place in allowing/not allowing abortion.
NO government has a place for that decision.
On Nov 2, 2024:
posted by majorsparkI have asked this question before. What problem do you have with the maps? What districts are unjustly gerrymandered? Point them out.
Why not try this. Ptown also said this. I have asked what is our recourse if we don't like how the "citizens" commission draws its lines?
No answers yet on either. Only a fool acts on "why not try this".
If you can't see a problem with Jordan's district, you aren't looking very hard.
On Oct 24, 2024:
April of 2025 in Durham, NC - Rhiannon Giddens and Dom Flemons appearing separately and a Carolina Chocolate Drops reunion show.
On Oct 22, 2024:
posted by BR1986FBLike killing or attempting to kill people?
You used the term "stupid actions". Was 1/6 not that?
posted by BR1986FB1/6/2021You see, that's the difference between the conservatives and liberals. Conservatives don't get their way and they're pissed, but don't take stupid actions.
On Oct 11, 2024:
posted by BR1986FBTrump's dated a black woman years ago. I doubt he's racist but, as mentioned, playing up to some of his crowd. That doesn't make it right but I doubt he's the racist that everyone dubs him.
I don't think so either. I think he hates everyone not named Donald Trump more or less equally.
On Oct 8, 2024:
I'm not going to dislike you or anyone else because we disagree on a political issue. That's a worse problem than the disagreement itself these days.posted by CenterBHSFan
I stipp d when the Biden administration sent Boris Johnson to kill the peace agreements that Putin and Zelensky were coming to. My ending of caring solidified when, Biden bragged about expanding NATO to Russia's border when Putin already said that it would cause problems.
And what's more, I will never come close to caring about the suffering of people in other countries when there are so many people suffering in the US. Our house is more important than theirs. You are welcome to dislike that about me, because your approval is not required.
posted by CenterBHSFanI just saw a vid where the hosts showed a clip of Sean Hannity talking to Lindsay Graham about the Helene aftermath. And Lindsay Graham just couldn't help himself and diverted the conversation to Israel. "I haven't been getting a lot of sleep, but think of Israel".
He can go fuck himself. In fact, he's uprooted Mitch McConnel from sitting on the throne of the worst Republican.
Nobody in their right mind gives a damn about Israel, Lebanon or Ukraine when there are so many people here in dire situations. And more tragedy on its way.
When did we cease caring about Russia invading other countries?