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Goredho

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    I don't want Trump to just be defeated, I want America to be cleansed of his taint.  Which means the destruction of the GOP.  But I want some sort of rational fiscal conservatism to arise from its ashes so that the far left doesn't run rampantly crazy when power gets consolidated under their control (as the far right have done).

    In my adult life, America has been the best when there was a split government that mandated a degree of compromise.

  2. All news media that is not controlled by forces friendly to Donald Trump should start using quote marks around President.  A written news story might look like this:

    The reverberating fallout from "President" Donald Trump's much-maligned meeting with his Russian counterpart took a new twist on Wednesday when the "President"appeared to contradict his intelligence chief by saying Moscow is no longer targeting the United States.



     If on TV, these newsperson should make the little quote marks with their fingers whenever they say President.

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    It would make these difficult-to-stomach times funnier at least.

  3. 12 hours ago, Newdoc said:

    Apparently, according to the Surly Cabal, there is an imminent threat of the T.A.R.M. (Trumpkin Alt Right Militia) 'Murican Division amassing outside some city, likely Austin (specifically Austin's Pizza on the drag), ready to unleash fury with their AR-15's against all homosexuals, minorities, non-Christians and any sort of libruals once Trump has either been impeached and/or turned over said 'Murica to Putin.

    Do you even Jade Helm, bro?

  4. 20 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

    Sure.  He's normalized government by extremism, gaslighting, and deception.  Those ills have been utilized and deployed by folks on the extreme left end of the spectrum in the past -- they are not toys exclusive to any particular political ideology.  They will be deployed by folks on the left again -- indeed, it's proving that it's the only way to win and govern the United Stupid States of America.

    We are going to lurch from extremist liar to extremist liar, smashing against the guardrail repeatedly until, eventually, it fails altogether.

    Truf

  5. 2 hours ago, maninblack said:

    Right under our noses

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    It’s not a pee tape.  That would just be humiliating.  Trump the narcissist who only cares about himself and boosting his self-perception acted against those irresistible instincts in meeting with Putin and getting on stage to be his bitch in front of the world.  Whatever konpromat exists — and there’s no longer any question it does — is far more serious. I’m guessing something that could result in significant jail time for him or one of his kids.  Maybe worse.  For him,  it wouldn’t take much jail to be a life sentence.

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    1 minute ago, retread said:

    If it doesn't and if it hardens the 35-40% Trumpers, then we're headed for civil war.

    So be it.   It’s probably naive to think the civil war was the only major bloody internal conflict the US would ever have.

  7. On 7/15/2018 at 10:30 AM, GRHorn said:

    Why are you quoting Russian state TV?  I feel like you’re sowing discord. 

    Your president acting in line with Russia’s best interests while the rest of your party tries to burrow their heads farther in the sand is the problem, dumbass.

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    7 hours ago, ScottishHorn said:

    Well, NATO needs to be reformed.  There are no more Soviet tank and troop divisions in East Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania, etc.  with any intent to invade Europe.  Technology is different too.  We shouldn't be bearing all the costs of this cash cow.  This is another example of the establishment not willing to change or seek efficiency.   

    I don't disagree, but one can downsize our military and move away from a two-front preparedness doctrine without shitting all over our allies in democracy.  The Democrats have been pursuing that for some time.

  9. 21 minutes ago, bad_teammate said:

    I think they might be worse.

    Grim reality: The West sucks.

    Well, fuck it, I guess we continue pursuing Mother Russia to be our colonial overlord.

  10. 15 hours ago, Bama Chick said:

     

     


    God Save The Queen.

    Rock on ya crazy English bastards.


    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

     

    Can we become a British colony again?  We've shown we aren't fit to rule ourselves.

  11. On 7/5/2018 at 2:41 PM, Lucid said:

    This report (https://archive.fo/nOJxc) on US public opinion concerning gay marriage is a couple months old now but I found it fascinating, particularly this:

    I'm not surprised that the 10,000 protestant denominations are all over the place about gay marriage. But the widespread support among catholics/orthodox, muslims, and jews is shocking to me. What is happening here? Wtf does it even mean when someone says they are a catholic or a muslim and also that they support same-sex marriage or have no opinion on the issue? Are people becoming more ignorant about their own religions? Or are they just picking out and ignoring the parts that contradict the actual one true faith in America today, namely liberalism?

     

    Should have visited this thread sooner.  I think this is a common pattern with most classes of people that simply are who they are or living a victimless choice.  Once they start to achieve some mainstream acceptance, it doesn’t take long to see that the world isn’t really going to crash and burn as a result of the end of their shame and shunning.

  12. You look behind you and see hopeless poverty, tyranny and oppression.  You look ahead of you and see a perilous journey to freedom and the opportunity of prosperity.  You may not make it.  You may be turned back.  You may be robbed,  raped or killed. But you set forth anyway.  No river, wall or law will deter you.  There is nothing more American than that.

    Trump’s bold 4D chess move regarding immigration is equalizing the view of hopeless poverty, tyranny and oppression in both directions.

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  13. 12 hours ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

    The real crime about the #2 is you have to ask for the cheese.  It’s just so un-American.  The cheese should come standard.

    True.  Forgot to order cheese once and that glorious #2 was just a piece of cardboard with mustard on it.

    12 hours ago, David Dennison said:

    The sweet tea is also an abomination.

     It’s delicious sugar-water.  One whatasized sweet tea could fuel the world’s hummingbirds for a week. You can hate it though, more for me.

  14. On 6/23/2018 at 3:10 PM, Cacti said:

     

    It appears that China—as well as our allies and neutral countries—take a different view; that is, they seem to think that a “win-lose scenario” works just fine, as long as they have a trade surplus with us.

    Look, Trump’s approach is confrontational, unsophisticated and brutish, and while those tactics may be successful or tolerable in the business world it is doubtful they will succeed on the international, political stage. But why is it not acceptable to at least try to have more favorable terms for us? We’ve currently running deficits with the E.U., with N.A.F.T.A., with China (of course), as well as with Japan, Vietnam, South Korea, Taiwan, and so forth. And we’ve tolerated this trade one-sidedness for over forty years; isn’t it past time to at least try and restore some sense of balance?

    Tolerated?  We are a shallow people addicted to consumption.  We’ve demanded it.

  15. During his speech at a rally in Montana, Trump said "thousand points of light" was a lesser slogan than his motto, Make America Great Again.

    "What the hell was that, by the way, thousand points of light? What did that mean? Does anyone know?" Trump asked the crowd.

    "I know one thing: Make America Great Again we understand. Putting America first we understand. Thousand points of light, I never quite got that one. What the hell is that? Has anyone ever figured that one out? And it was put out by a Republican."

    http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/07/06/trump-raises-eyebrows-criticism-bush-41s-thousand-points-light-slogan

    I dunno about anyone else, but I’ll take a thousand points of light over a treasonous black hole of venality.

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