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  1. 2 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

    wtf is happening in here

    Mental illness on display. Don't be angry at him, pity him. Then ignore him. He knows he needs help, but refuses it.

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  2. 37 minutes ago, Red Five said:

    I got put in time out by Katy on Hornfans circa 2003-ish because I said Les would make a good addition to our staff. She said I had earned my suspension because we didn't have any open positions, and it would require someone being fired. And wishing for someone to be fired was against the site rules. I really can't believe any of us happily hung out there for as long as we did. 

    There was a bit on The West Wing about a message board made for fans of Josh Lyman in which Josh muses about the moderator being a dictatorial leader wearing a muumuu and chain-smoking Parliaments. Made me think of Katy when I heard that line.

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  3. 2 minutes ago, William Bludworth said:

    Not only this one, but when he sent Leeland McElroy's soul to the underworld.

    I haven't looked into it, and I was still in HS at the time, but I was convinced an Aggie threw the flag on that play. Weakest unsportsmanlike I can recall seeing live.

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  4. 1 hour ago, William Bludworth said:

    Vasher and Westbrook demolishing people is a drug. 

    29 years ago, and I can still feel it:

     

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  5. 57 minutes ago, Crapinon said:

    Years ago. Better gas mileage and less pressure fluctuation! Padding the ticket and easy money. I told the last salesman to take the nitrogen out and put regular air in it and take $500 off the price. 

    $500 for something you get for free at Costco?

  6. 1 minute ago, Thetexashammer said:

    Title 8 of the U.S. Code, Section 1325, which classifies improper entry by an alien as a misdemeanor for a first offense, punishable by up to six months in prison, a fine, or both. Repeat offenses can be charged as a felony, with penalties up to two years in prison.

    Where in his quote does he talk about an action this statue prohibits?

    I'll help you out: it doesn't. Being here "illegaly" is what he talked about. Presence in this country without authorization MAY be the result of a criminal act, but is itself, with no other information at hand, not a crime. If no other information can be ascertained, then only civil actions and remedies can be brought to bear. For a look into the reality of how this plays out, see TH's post above, #320. I point this out to show you that your comment, while not only being a textbook example of misapplication of law to facts, is also totally unneccessary and redundant.

  7. 12 minutes ago, LCHorn said:

    Sorry to pick on you, but stellar is a high bar and I think digging into this is a good way to interrogate how we got here.  

    What legislative success made your life better?  Which of Biden’s foreign policy successes improved your life?  Not to Beetlejuice @Brian Fantana, but do you think his handling of Israel was stellar?  Ukraine?

    Bear in mind, I’m not trying to be silly about this, there’s ample reason to appreciate basic competency and decency and Biden possessed both.  I do feel like some have been a little quick to exaggerate Biden’s virtues, not terribly unlike we did in the 2004 election when everyone was exhausted with Bush, felt mezzo-mezzo on Kerry, and put the Clinton years on a pedestal.  

    I'm not disagreeing with you when I say he did a stellar job relative to the landscape his presidency existed on, especially considering the makeup of Congress. Now, had he rolled in the WH with 57 Dem Senators to go along with the majority in the House? Yeah, not great Bob.

  8. 5 hours ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

    it's completely intertwined with our judicial and mental health systems. we could solve those problems if we wanted to. we don't, clearly.

     

    5 hours ago, immamac said:

    It isn't that easy. Mental health being available doesn't mean that the person is going to use it or actually continue on the path prescribed to fix it. 

    Mental health can't mean a fucking babysitter in a home for crazy people. Some people are just fucked up. 

    As someone who has done quite a bit of court-appointed criminal defense, the way we treat, and the offerings we have, for mentally ill people is immoral. Often the only results are perpetuating a cycle of misery and endangering the public.

    Much of the mental health services that would be "available" to "crazy" people isn't just "available" to them, it's judicially ordered. For now we just offer them your local county jail, followed by prison.

    You won't solve all of the problem of homelessness in this country with CJ/MH reform, but it's where we should start.

  9. 3 hours ago, BrickHorn said:

    Anyone who was around in the old Hornfans days knows how I feel about this subject. Certainly @softlynow can recall those discussions. 

    It’s fascinating to learn how distorted, incomplete, and misleading the story presented as orthodox Christianity really is. I mean, it’s obvious on its face that the narrative is nonsense. But what isn’t so obvious is just how inaccurate the Church’s autobiography is. And the fact that so few bother to look under the hood and challenge the basic ideas on which they base so much of their lives is depressing. There are so many lies to unravel; it feels like wack-a-mole. 

    So is this the imminent eschatology thread? If God has a sense of humor, I could see this being the beginning of the end times. 

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  10. 15 minutes ago, wildcat09 said:

    I think bozo probably has some personal grievance with someone involved with one of “The Groups” in particular and is misdiagnosing a problem as The Problem.

    Yes, it’s a problem if someone influential is convincing candidates to speak in off-putting ways. But on this issue, The Problem is that media convinces voters that anything random people say online is the official position of the Democratic Party. Right wing media, mainstream media, and social media all do this. Hell, even posters on message boards do.

    This is just me working from memory here and not based on specific data, but I think actual Democratic candidates used a lot more identity-based messaging in 2018 and 2020 than they did in 2024. I don’t say that to suggest it actually helps electorally, only to illustrate that eliminating that shit doesn’t really help solve The Problem.

    The Problem isn't that the media continues to do what it does. That's never going to change, so identyfing it as The Problem is only useful insofar as it informs and urges party reform and (lol) unity of message. An underlying cause of that problem is that The Groups, it seems, tend to put the need to justfy the existence of or grow their organization first, and not the primary need of the party, which is to win fucking elections.

    Really this is just Exhibit eleventy-billion of this not being an organized political party.

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  11. 44 minutes ago, immamac said:

    I don't think that's why, I think it's because there's a complete lack of accountability or merit based anything. 

    Look at Wells Fargo, why are they still allowed to be a bank? 

    There is no accountability top to bottom it's way beyond politics and it is all the way deep deep in corporate culture.

    Cancel culture is not one of accountability its one of outrage. 

    Lack of accountability is a symptom. FUPM is the disease.

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  12. 15 minutes ago, troph said:

    I’m clearly in “one of the groups” and for better or for worse not in the largest demographic Dems should appeal to either - I don’t mean cishet white people - and I can tell you without any hesitation, if the Dems could meaningfully recapture the working and middle class with good policy, universal healthcare, student loan reform, education, pre-k childcare reform, tax reform, and financial system reform that truly improves their lives, then the threat to my existence would end. 

    people demonize me and people in these so called groups because they are threatened and are looking for a cause. 

    there’s a reason why LBJ was able to pass the civil rights act, he was passing laws and establishing programs (like Medicare and Medicaid) for the majority of Americans as well.  Well that and his political force, expediency and brilliance too. 

    Someone can certainly correct me if I'm wrong, but when I see "the groups" I don't think folks like you, that is constituents that have certain lobbies out there advocating on your behalf. I think of the advocacy groups themselves. Folks that are largely justifying their existence by bending pols to their will in order to keep the donation cash flowing. IOW, the sometimes usefull assholes that usually just stand in the way of policy that could help all the people, not just their small or even tiny underrepresented minority.

    This is the United States of FUPM. In the end, that's why we're so very fucked.

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  13. 20 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

    No, don’t be silly. It’s not like they were ever offered that choice. They wanted a public option. When they were sold one they bought it. Twice. It was just never delivered. 
    STOP INTERNALIZING REPUBLICAN FRAMING.

     


    Don’t be silly- the majority chose rejection of the status quo. Just as they did in 1976, 1980, 1992, 1994, 2000, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022 & 2024

    STOP INTERNALIZING REPUBLICAN FRAMING. 

    By the time the bolded period came around, establishment Dems had become circa 70s/80s Republicans. It isn't just messaging hurting the party. Too many older Dems lacking the willingness to make a dramatic left turn on economic policy still hanging around. Just another reason I don't see a course correction in our future absent a major shock to the system. Something bigger than Covid.

  14. 2 minutes ago, Red Five said:

    I think they were partners. In the sense that Darth Vader and Lando were partners. Trump is experiencing the "altering the deal" moments. 

    Dotard is Count Dooku, except played by a fat terrible community theater regular instead of a total badass. 

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  15. Just now, UpperWestside said:

    This word needs to be reclaimed as being good. The association with Nazi Germany needs to end. You cannot keep allowing these clowns in the Pedo Party to dictate things. Shying away from the use of the word is not a good thing. 

    Its association with the Soviet Union is what really made the word toxic. That and the indestructible American idea that it's the socialists (among others) that are keeping you from a life of fame and luxury, not their own stupidity and laziness.

    I'm gonna just keep harping on it. Billionaires own the thing that binds our culture together. Until they totally fuck everything all the way up (and historically that always happens at some point), nothing changes.

  16. Just now, VABuckeye said:

    all I see is a giant pissing contest. 

    Motto worthy.

    1 minute ago, VABuckeye said:

    Damn. I came into this thread to find peoples thoughts on the 2028 nominee and all I see is a giant pissing contest. 

    It's Newsome way ahead of the pack at this point.

  17. Democrats and democracy are fucked anyway, so might as well not come down on the side of evil and agree with GOP hysterics meant to further marginalize minority groups. Just going to have to do right by our neighbors until the bloody end, if need be.

    The only way out of this is a near total collapse of the established order. The electorate is hopelessly addicted to an integrated social and legacy media monster fully weaponized by our tech oligarchs to ensure a government friendly to their every whim, and willing to shovel tax dollars into their pockets. And there's no allied western liberal army crossing an ocean to save us from ourselves.

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  18. I think the obvious answers are that was Dave the body double, and of course no one was worried about a dead body. The plan was to shoot Dave up a little more, then roll out "intact" Dotard 3 days later as the second coming. Terrible shooter fucked it up, and they improvised. SS wasn't concerned over Dave getting killed, just nailing their roles.

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