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Degenerate Gardner

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  1. I remember briefly naively assuming we would collectively process after 9/11, punish the guilty, and change our ways to the extent we contributed to that horrific outcome. Instead we beat our chests and used it as a false pretext for invading Iraq. Then came Jan 6, 2021. Surely trying to overthrow elections will be like smelling salts that awake us from being hateful, divided, ignorant zombies. Nope. I can’t imagine what events could awaken enough Americans to begin setting shit straight. Part of me anxiously awaits that day. The other part knows it will be a bloody epiphany and fears what is to come. Good times.
  2. At least I’m not saddled with the burden of expectations. There is only gravy or the end of RT’s tenure.
  3. Blame, and the assignment thereof.
  4. You can never ever fault Weaver for effort. He’s got a big heart, athleticism, and knows basketball. A fully formed player he is not, but I appreciate his contributions. 6 rebounds in this game was no small thing.
  5. Classic abusive relationship tactic. Separate you from friends / family / allies who traditionally offer support under the twisted reasoning that it gives him more control.
  6. It depends. How will 401ks react? Trump voters really are just about a narrow prism of perceived self interest. If they think it won’t affect or benefits them, it won’t matter. As for the rest of us, I’m as curious as you are. For the record, though, I seriously doubt Trump invades Canada.
  7. You’re not wrong. Unfortunately, we will collectively deal with the trauma very slowly. This country has little real introspection. The bitchass, insecure insistence on American Exceptionalism shields critical thought, as does the hobbled public education system. It’s a real pickle.
  8. Yeah, what assholes for offering refugee resettlement services. The nerve!
  9. Yet they allow the SS Sodomite to keep sailing. Makes no sense.
  10. I hope we at least get to have cool Veterans of Domestic Wars clubhouses.
  11. Chaos agent Trump is desperately trying to provoke responses from Americans to justify martial law. Fucking surreal. You know that he would absolutely love to follow the Putin playbook. I hope ‘we’ have someone on the lookout for false flags using agent provocateurs ala Chechnya's purported bombings of Russian apartments.
  12. This reads like a written word Nirvana song (no hate intended). But more optimistic. I want to believe we’ll cleanse ourselves of this cancer. I’m hedging my bets though.
  13. What is Trump, a fucking park ranger, man? Imperial Order to Slash Forests Monkey Wrench Gang has again become required reading. The Cruelty is the Point.
  14. Trump can will weather with Sharpies. It is known.
  15. This is one of the rare cases where neg reps are appropriate.
  16. Heretical as it is, I often feel like arguments over biblical details are like listening to two Trekkies scrutinizing minutiae of an episode for meaning. These are stories written long ago by fallible humans with their own agendas, followed by generations of informational decay as the stories are translated and passed down. If you believe the words represent inerrant directions of your God, good luck with that.
  17. Sage words from a therapist, shared with me by a friend:
  18. I am struggling. Depression and chronic pain are a viscous cycle. Omnipresent anxiety is also no bueno. Hope is an aspiration I’m rarely accomplishing. Between these things that are a core part of me and the dumpster fires around me (no CR), each new day is a beating. Keeping up the good fight though because I love my (adult) kids and wife, and am fortunate that we have great relationships. Doing my damndest to limit or abstain from alcohol too, because it depresses my mood the day after, and honestly, because people can make rash, emotional, sometimes permanent decisions when super intoxicated. Hang in there friends.
  19. This. There are increasingly fewer places in the public sphere where we can have honest dialogue. Surl is generally one if you’re in the CR, and I want to preserve that. I would support consequences for the strange serial neggers with enough free time to pour through posting histories for neg targets. Perhaps a limit of negs per day with an automatic timeout for the rest of the day when you hit the limit. Thanks to mods too for Ana’s recent timeout following typical disingenuous shitposting.
  20. Motion to rebrand the Democratic Party as the Washington Generals.
  21. I’m going with Bonhoeffer. It doesn’t seem like a great sign when the words of a German theologian murdered by Nazis resonate so: On Stupidity
  22. I’m still holding out for Pussy Galore.
  23. Sunday’s show was just what I needed. Cosmic Country and a couple of mushroom chocolates. Opened with Rollin in My Sweet Baby’s Arms and proceeded to get more jam bandy than I usually prefer, but great fun nonetheless.
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