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Donald Trump 2020
Worst Dylan song ever. A real deep cut from Saved.
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IDEA: Surly Election Night Livestream/Podcast
Just workshopping your session title here, āGoods, Not Hoods: Ideological Purity in a Party of Racial Purity.ā Iād listen in/watch just for the eagle. Is Thujone still in the art game? Can he whip up live illustrations? Iām not sure how quickly the muse of his genius takes to hit.
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Election Night setup?
If the weather is nice, I'll be outside watching the stars and listening to music with my son. If the weather or bugs are bad, we'll be inside playing trains or watching a movie. If the mood strikes me or suspense gets to me, I'll probably check in here or AP/Reuters.
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2020 Presidential Election -- Biden v Trump: Sleepy Joe vs Dopey Don [Results begin on page 409]
Old Ted would just challenge you to fight Jim Jordan.
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2020 Presidential Election -- Biden v Trump: Sleepy Joe vs Dopey Don [Results begin on page 409]
As a former fatty, this hits close to home.
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Poll for Biden voters (and question for everyone)
Itās a bit of one of those stories we tell ourselves to make us feel better, but I can connect with the Jon Stewart take on Biden as the tragedy-stricken figure best suited to see us out of these dark times. As Iāve mentioned above and elsewhere, itās not so much that the current policies are cruel and terrible (theyāre cruel and terrible), itās that weāve become cruel and terrible ā full of hatred and division. That works hand in hand with the Trump movement; he arose out of this division and hatred and continues to amplify it as his only strategy. Itās impossible to function or even rationally deal with policy in this environment. Even the perfect policies would fail under these conditions ā itās more fundamental than the right legislation. Our culture and social order is failing. Biden is relatively inoffensive politically and has a life story with a good bit of tragedy ā the stutter, the accident, Beauās cancer, even Hunterās addiction. If I squint hard enough, I could buy him actually repairing some of the broken parts of our social order, to the extent that a president can impact this (Trump has surely proven that they can). Actual humanity can go a long way to getting back to arguing about marginal tax rates.
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Poll for Biden voters (and question for everyone)
If the question is was my vote for Biden or against Trump, it was without a doubt against Trump. I think Biden will be competent enough as a president, but thatās less of a factor than Trump. I would have voted for Leninās reanimated corpse against Trump. As to your scenario, Iād go talk with Biden. I donāt want vengeance against Trump, I just want obscurity for him. I have no intention of ever listening to him speak again. I just want to pretend that he doesnāt exist. Justice for him would be nice, but really, he just needs to go away.
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2020 Presidential Election -- Biden v Trump: Sleepy Joe vs Dopey Don [Results begin on page 409]
Everything he does isnāt bad, but because of the transactional and divisive way he āleads,ā everything he does is destructive to good social and political order. This is ultimately bad ā worse even than whatever good things he might accomplish.
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2020 PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES: Joe Biden vs Donald Trump
- Political Ideology Thread: Conservatism
I live in Georgia, home of the gun-toting, self-proclaimed Trump conservative governor. My wife has taken to calling our stateās reckless COVID response as the disgusted insult, āliberal,ā since the conservative response would surely be more measured than what weāve seen here. At first I thought her comment was fodder for the wives thread (if not for the CR issue), but the more I think about it: 1. itās correct ā the conservative approach would be to protect life rather than radically experimenting with the public health 2. it must annoy Trump conservatives that use āliberalā as an insult have it pointed against them. Part of what makes the term conservatism so tough to nail down is all of the hacks using the term to give credence to their incoherent worldview. In the modern use of the term by its adherents, conservatism is nothing more than a post-hoc justification for whatever is most self-serving and expedient.- Things seem to be going quite well for Joe Biden
Rex Ryan gets it.- Website Determines TX is Second Most Hated State in US
Thatās a masterclass in presenting info in the least clear way possible.- Things seem to be going quite well for Joe Biden
So can we definitely say that they donāt have anything on Joe since theyāre going so hard after Hunter?- Choose: Meyer or Trump
So Bernie to Texas and Jackie Sherrill for president?- Things seem to be going quite well for Joe Biden
Can I get a translation?- Donald Trump 2020
We live in the post-truth, alternative facts era. This is why there needs to be pushback against only focusing on policy (the policies suck no doubt). You can have a discussion with people with radically different philosophies and perspectives as long as you agree on the reality. Thereās no longer an objective truth, so there canāt even be a real discussion. Even someone who agrees 100% with his policies should be voting against him, not because heās a meanie, but because heās destroying the fabric of our culture. Of course Biden is ending energy, so heāll destroy the fabric of the space-time continuum. Yeah, this sounds like a win to me. The one redeeming part of COVID has been the built-in excuse to not deal with the in-laws.- Things seem to be going quite well for Joe Biden
The post-truth conservative values on display.- 2020 PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES: Joe Biden vs Donald Trump
You call yourself lifesaver. I call you pimple popper MD!- 2020 PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES: Joe Biden vs Donald Trump
Whether or not they ever were, truth, justice, and the American way are demonstrably no longer conservative values.- 2020 Presidential Election -- Biden v Trump: Sleepy Joe vs Dopey Don [Results begin on page 409]
A few night ago I dreamt that I could breathe under water and the water was a light pink color. Bidenās America. You can pry my Skyline from my cold, pre-diabetic hands.- Donald Trump 2020
Before the pandemic hit, I had a few interviews for better jobs. They asked me how my experience would apply to the new job and some strategies Iād take for dealing with their problems. I yelled at them about their unfair questions and asked what their questions were for the other candidates. They were so biased that they hired someone else.- 2020 PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES: Joe Biden vs Donald Trump
Weāre watching Wall-E for the 1000th time. I remain committed to refusing to listen to our current president speak ever again. Heās debased my country long enough. Iāll be checking here for the highlights.- Centennial of the Theremin
Clara Rockmore proved the instrument has artistic merit.- Why I voted the way I did
This right here. Dismissing the Trump movement as simply a meaner version of the old GOP misses the fundamental things that have changed. It used to be, we all operated from a generally same reality with different viewpoints. Some were genuine philosophical difference and some was cynical spin, but we all pretty much had the same reality. The Trump movement has politicized objective reality. We canāt even discuss policies or issues because of the secret knowledge of the Gnostic Trump movement. Itās fundamentally paralyzing. Writing Trump off as a meaner version of previous candidates is the same justification that lifetime GOP voters use to vote for him ā they āvote on policies and wish heād talk less.ā It ignores the more basic things that are destroying us the are unique to the Trump movement. Everything is fundamentally broken in a new way. The policies donāt even matter anymore because weāre broken before we even reach that point. You canāt discuss issues without a shared, non-politicized reality. Even if his policies didnāt suck, he would be destroying us. Conservative or liberal policy doesnāt destroy the country, this movement is.- Why I voted the way I did
From Georgia, straight D and abstained on any unopposed Rs. At best, running as an R calls your judgment into question. More often, it also calls into question your character and acceptance of an objective reality, even at the local level. In a normal world, Iād be very slightly right of center. I voted for the initiatives and amendments because they were really sensible. - Political Ideology Thread: Conservatism
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