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  1. This is exactly what I don’t get. We lambast the two party system we’ve self imposed via a 200 year coalescence, but then in the next breath say “only left or right is real, a third option isn’t real”. ideas that aren’t evil and racist, but are different and you disagree with them, doesn’t mean they are inherently stupid or wrong necessarily.
  2. At my age, donuts (or any pure sugar) inflames me like no other. Surly olds talk not going away…
  3. Agree. But we eat our own. We need to instead support (former) Democrats who for one reason or another disband. And when I say support I don’t mean vote or fund, but acknowledge a shift change and ideology difference and recognize that a defection from the big tent is actually a good thing. It’s good for Democrats who don’t need distraction and internal strife, it’s good for voters to have more options, and it’s good for democracy. When Andrew Yang tried to spin off one, it gets met with the worst kind of derision and mockery and personal attacks to the man. The same man whom many were at least somewhat agreeable to when he was on the (D) team. When Musk talks about creating a third party…. Okay, I’ll concede that point. You can’t decouple the disaster that is Elon Musk from his advocacy of a 3rd party and his scorn for pushing for a 3rd party was mostly warranted.
  4. Shipley’s is okay from what I remember, the one thing it had going for it over the Cambodia shops was consistency. You knew what you were getting. That said, I can’t understand being an adult over the age of 40 and eating donuts, even semi-regularly. I feel actual pangs of shame and regret feeding the sugar to tots and grandkids, knowing it’s pure junk and unhealthy. I know I know, I’m no fun at parties….
  5. @Captainant Cross posting here as I think it could spawn better discussion: WASHINGTON, July 29 (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will rescind the long-standing finding that greenhouse gas emissions endanger human health, as well as tailpipe emission standards for vehicles, removing the legal foundation of greenhouse gas regulations across industries, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced on Tuesday. Republican President Donald Trump's pick Zeldin announced the agency's plan to rescind the "endangerment finding" at an event at a truck factory in Indiana, alongside Energy Secretary Chris Wright, and called it the largest deregulatory action in U.S. history.
  6. It's the covid stimulus free money all over again, except without the student loan deferment (unfortunately).
  7. Thanks for the link. Just read this one now from BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c14g8gk8vdlo I think it supports a lot of the politico article, but maybe leans in a little more to the point of this being a political L for EU and a political win for Trump (at the moment):
  8. Deion has had to deal with more than his share of medical issues for a man of his age and fitness. And yes he's brash, but he also seems like a genuinely good guy and I'm rooting for his full recovery and whatever success he can have on the field that doesn't impact the Longhorns negatively.
  9. Oh wow. That is gross and egregious behavior.
  10. But it sounds like most of EU is going to grin-and-bear it while a couple of countries (e.g. Germany) are vocally upset. Really curious where people are hearing that this deal with EU will never be formally approved, despite the fact that it's getting roasted and is obviously suboptimal for EU and a win for Trump.
  11. So it sounds like by casting a wide net, they caught some really bad stuff. Definitely should be some reprecussions and consquences you would think?
  12. Well said. It's a racket and a check th box to feel like a good parent. Even the kids and young-ens are wise to it now though.
  13. Spent two weeks on the coast of SoCal bouncing between Mission Beach to Pacific all the way up to Laguna, Newport and Huntington. Historically we've always rated San Diego very high, but man, the OC beaches were so much prettier, nicer (aka no Kelp forest mazes with gnats everywhere) and the waves were a lot more crashier and fun. If you are like me and have previously thought of SD as the gold standard it's worth at least testing that theory again.
  14. Just got back from Disneyland (and Universal) with the oldest and grandkids. Probably the 5th or 6th time I've done it at this point and I think we are done forever on it. Skip if you don't want to hear an old man rant: Compared to Universal, the lightning lane fast pass thing genie simply sucks. Feels like a waste of money but I honestly couldn't fathom going without it. The lines are atrocious. Universal fast pass is amazing. Even with the paid pass, I had to pay $100+ extra for the Cars road race ride, which was honestly the highlight of both parks. The rides are weirdly boring, in that they are nice to look at set pieces, but just rehash a boiled down plot and are pretty boring. The one cool ride was closed "Incredicoaster" and the Guardians of the Galaxy ride wasn't available for lightning lane and was like a 3 hour wait. All in all, I think the redditor summed it up best: "Universal is actually investing in cool rides and technology and giving customers a great experience, Disney seems content to coast on hyper-nostalgia and adults who will spend on merch and go crazy over a new design of popcorn bucket"
  15. Not a minority opinion, hotels (with rewards/points) are and will always be superior to airbnb, no matter what Ryan Trahan is trying to get us to believe.
  16. From your mouth to God's ears. Good stuff and I agree 100% with you on this.
  17. The institutional thought leaders who keep pushing the "new coke" GOP lite analogy you so aptly described.
  18. I kid you not the car parked in front of me has a “100% deplorable” bumper sticker. These people are impervious to reason and shame.
  19. Abandoning logic and reason to “play the game” more effectively is hardly a unique position anymore, especially around here. Father Brisket and the ledgecore movement have been championing besting the fascists at their own game before it was deemed necessary. I mean, if a Dem came out today and said “we go high when they go low” not only would it not be applauded, they’d be skewered for being out of touch. An argument could be made not leaning into emotion at the expense of boring facts and reason is how we got here in the first place.
  20. Agree that should be the first job to be done. But when that leaves you exactly where you are, you are exactly where we are. Refuting attacks with math, facts, reason, etc. goes back to the critique of we have to stop being so intellectual. People, especially the masses, are emotional creatures. They react based on feelings not facts. At some point you have to make a political decision based on forecasted votes is all I’m saying. And either it’s try a vitriolic defense campaign or continue with the message around trans as is and continue dying on a hill or quietly punt on the issue until voters are really ready for it which seems to have helped Dems win in the past (e.g. marijuana, gay marriage, etc.).
  21. The assumption seems to be that people prefer a higher ceiling for a higher floor.
  22. Being a mod/message board owner might actually have negative mental health effects. Have sympathy on ole imma
  23. First I want to be clear that I 100% agree with you. Second, my post was in response to the multiple previous posts that were suggesting the trans issue is a boogey man issue that is causing an outsized negative response. Viewed through the context of “do you run to the message or run from it” I think the answer then is refuting with facts and when that doesn’t work because humans are emotional creatures, fight back. Contest the 1000 ads the GQP put out in 2024 about fear mongering on genders in sports.
  24. Here is the thing about it as well, it's such a tiny issue on the whole when you talk about it the actuals (e.g. competing in sports, in everyday life, etc.) so you would think that if something that is a 1% issue is causing a 33% negative yield (or whatever it is that you account it to be from a political consultent and the loss of votes that would otherwise be there and neutering the MAGAT talking points), then shouldn't it be an issue that an embracing of should be punted until it's more politically fruitful in the name of pragmatism and winning? It reminds me of the metaphor people use about a small thing they are willing to let sink them because it's so important to them called "dying on the hill" but with the dying being losing elections.
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