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The Original Greaser Bob

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  1. Just go with "nobody's ever seen numbers like that before".
  2. With all the shit that is going on domestically, I'm thinking that there is a chance that Trump will just essentially stay out of the way and not make things more dangerous. Bibi and Volodymyr doing it on their own >>> Dotard making decisions.
  3. My gutless congressional reps are Ted Cruz, John Cornyn and Beth Van Duyne. These guys could alter the behavior or the petulant child. They are the enemies of the country, and should be reminded of that, legally, every minute of their lives.
  4. "No King of Simpleton (or the Rest of US)"
  5. Do your part as best you can. I will too. Don't vote for unkind people. I know I'm going to sound like a cultist, but I've been using Sam Harris' Waking Up ap for the past few weeks, and while I can't say other people say I'm kinder, the ap is kind of amazing so far in terms of making me very aware in the seconds after when I've done something unkind, or the source of anger, etc. I don't know if anyone is noticing, but I feel like my attention is turning a bit toward others and how I can be good to them in small ways. But this is a politics board, and the challenge of course, is whether this attempt to have an overall calmer and kinder approach to individuals is a help or hinderance in terms of one's political action.
  6. Puts me in the mood for Lanier v. La Techla at Alamo Stadium. Back in the day.
  7. "Why do all these younger guys want beards? Seems like they'd be a pain in the ass. Makes them all look like Osama". - I probably said this in some form about 100 times in the last 20 years. I couldn't grow a beard to save my life. Maybe a soul patch.
  8. You pre-boomers and your gotdam beards.
  9. Don't care what his goals are - can't really understand the man because I don't have his pathologies. However what matters is what he is doing. He's one of the most successful presidents ever in terms of harming this country and breaking its peoples spirits.
  10. One of my favorite moments in movies is when Almost Famous ends so perfectly and then Feel Flows kicks in the closing credits. Oh man. Music is good.
  11. It'll be like nothing you've ever seen before.
  12. Left wingers want Nazis to stay in their little hollars, have their meetings amongst themselves, and eventually die, hopefully having never created any real havoc. They don't really think of using Nazis as an avenue to power. Right Wing: Get government officials to wear masks to piss people off. Bait those pissed off people to the extent you can, and lie about their actions, and use that to gain political power. Unabashedly using violence as a tool.
  13. I can't imagine not voting for any dem that is nominated. The only issue is which one has the highest likelihood of winning. With Trump bringing all the chaos early, we're going to learn a lot at midterms and that will help provide some guidance. I only wish that the primary used some sort of ranked-choice voting, etc. But I'm all either way.
  14. Outside of genocide, has Christianity ever been less attractive? Christianity, Zero Jesus. Here is the God the Spaniards worship. For these they fight and kill; for these they persecute us and that is why we have to throw them into the sea… They tell us, these tyrants, that they adore a God of peace and equality, and yet they usurp our land and make us their slaves. They speak to us of an immortal soul and of their eternal rewards and punishments, and yet they rob our belongings, seduce our women, violate our daughters. Incapable of matching us in valor, these cowards cover themselves with iron that our weapons cannot break…” - Hatuey Hatuey was captured and tied to the rubber tree to be burned. A priest was present who asked Hatuey if he would become a Christian and be baptized so he could go to heaven. Hatuey asked the priest if the Spaniards went to this heaven when they died. Of course they responded “yes”. Hatuey then responded he would rather go to their hell. Hatuey was burned, it is said that he never shed one tear or uttered a word as he was burned, he simply looked into the sun. Hatuey means “certainty of the sun”.
  15. I know I post this about every month, but this is the most prescient movie quote, basically for all time. Almost 40 years old now.
  16. The rapprochement is going to be glorious for MAGA.
  17. Well boys, we're done with our social, political, legal, analysis here.
  18. How is class-based affirmative action "running to the right" of the status quo?
  19. Fortune 100 Letter - FINAL.pdf Democrats fight for DEI on campus in House hearing You have your script. I get it.
  20. With Trump as your opponent, there is no way you aren't going to have to talk about race, just responding to his outrages. They are out there - in the debate Harris talks about his using race to tear the US apart - perfectly reasonable discussion. I'm talking about more aggressive pivots to class when race comes up. Almost a theme of unity with low-income workers. Not apologizing for knowledge of history but recognizing politilcally that there might be a more practical way to address disparities and lack of inclusion. And that may also mean restructuring DEI approaches around class.
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