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  1. 16 minutes ago, BurgleBro said:

    I assumed but needed to confirm it for myself...

    Believe it or not over at TexAgs political forum they unanimously agree this was a great idea, had to be done.


    Republicans are disingenuous cunts

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  2. 10 minutes ago, 'stache said:

    Astonishing that the majority of voters in this country let him get away with that shit. So fucking pathetic.


    It really isn’t astonishing. The vast majority won’t even be aware of it.

    The foxnews anger manufacturing plant won’t mention it. However, they’ll talk about hillary’s emails for three years straight. 

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  3. 25 minutes ago, Tuco said:

    What vote are you talking about?  Israel has never been on the UN Security Council.  We didn't pay Israel for their vote; we paid them for their restraint.  (Which is one of the many reasons we should stop paying them, seeing how they have chucked that restraint in the bin.) 

    Yeah, that’s my bad. I distinctly remember commentary in 2003 about the 10 billion loan, its timing with the UN security vote as powell was drumming up support with our allies and forming the coalition of the willing, and commentary that the 10 billion loan was timed to it. I didn’t find live links that support my statement. I found one that looked related but it was a dead CNN link.

    I concede to you and @WhatTheBuck 

     

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  4. 3 minutes ago, WhatTheBuck said:

    Huh? I recall Israel being an enthusiastic supporter of the invasion. Their prime minister, at least.

     

    I saw straight through the Iraq WMD bullshit in spring of 2003, and remember this clearly.

    This loan secured israel’s vote. They were not on board until they got money.


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  5. 28 minutes ago, chainsaw said:

    …but also the justification for the Iraq invasion while still incredibly weak at the very least was based on a consensus belief that they had WMDs. Yes, it was built on a lie, but it was a commonly held belief at the time.

    It was not a commonly held belief at the time.

    Our allies were willing partners in the afghanistan war. When iraq came around, key partners were unwilling to approve of it.

    Key examples are france, hence the freedom fries thing, and israel. We had to load 10 billion to israel to secure their vote at the UN. 

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  6. 2 minutes ago, RomaVicta said:

    That's really good. It's as though the dishonesty they voted for is rooted in an internal embrace of dishohesty to justify any vile/cruel/selfish act. 

    I've noted, as has anyone paying attention, that there is nothing hidden about who and what Trump is. They voted for him and embrace him. But something in your statement opened my eyes to something else: they are Trump through and through. They don't just like him; he's a fucking mirror.


    Trump is the manifestation of everything they are and everything they aspire to be.

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  7. 15 minutes ago, BrickHorn said:

    The frustrating thing is: those idiots will look you straight in the eye and insist that they did not vote for this.

    They’ll say Trump promised to end all the wars Biden got us into (fact check: there are none) and prevent war from ever happening again. 

    And then, rather than admit that they are suckers who fell for one of the most obvious lies ever told, they’ll insist that he was telling the truth. They’ll justify this flagrant violation of his campaign promises by opining that this is all Iran’s fault or the result of Woke Ideology or a valiant fight to prevent Sharia Law or some other stupid fucking nonsense that just makes them look even dumber than the drooling morons that they are. 


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  8. 2 hours ago, Hagbard Celine said:

    bibi says wish a motherfucker would

    and that's the thing NO ONE is talking about

    israel has nukes

    at least 100, maybe 200 warheads

    but they have never been acknowledged

    the shia have no ally they can guarantee will come to their aid; the russians might, but not in the current (ukrainian entanglement) paradigm

    the west counters russia

    south asia has a 'mad' lock on nuke use

    bibi wants another "new american century pearl harbor" event.....  who counters his nukes, and how?

    nothing is a matrix glitch in this timeline.....   remember, the shitgibbon telegraphs his actions in his tweets......

    would anyone be surprised by *ANYTHING* that happens tonight or this week?

    Has anyone downloaded Signal and been added to SecDef chat yet?

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  9. Tourism down in vermont.


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    And how did the people of jay county vermont vote?

     

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    Seems that people along the border don’t like how the canucks maintain their lawns or something.

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    We’re headed to maine for a week next month. We’re staying at one of the hotels in the kennebunkport resort collection. I’m gonna see if I can get a free bottle of bubbly by demonstrating my authentic canadian vernacular, eh. Will report back on my success.

    We’re also staying around camden for a few days. Will make it to acadia for a day before it’s sold off as timber.

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  10. 14 minutes ago, VABuckeye said:

     Not while I’m in Italy please. I love it here.  Lots of good discussion tonight about the turnout for Dear Leaders parade. 

    The site behavior is weird. I quoted jimmyjazz, and your quote attributed to me what jimmyjazz said.

  11. 28 minutes ago, royiv said:

    This can’t be stressed enough. I have a list of people (neighbors, friends) that I know are like minded politically, but aren’t as engaged as I am and might not even know there’s an election going on because there are a ton of elections. I text these folks to remind them about the election and send them the voter guide that I put together. I’ve had exceptional feedback from doing this. In one particular low turnout election, the state senator in my district was elected by a differential of 50ish votes. After the election I was talking to a buddy, who also happens to be the precinct chair where I live, and we were able to account for the entire differential from our personal texting efforts based on the feedback that we each received. Whenever I get down about national and statewide elections, I think back to this example of how we can still impact outcomes in our own communities.

    During the pandemic, I went to my state representative’s office to request a meeting to discuss concerns. I was dressed professional out of respect. There was one person in the office; I expect he was probably an intern. I respectfully requested the meeting. He said he would pass along the request.

    I did hear back, and the rep actually did help me out.

    The intern had a look of terror in his eyes as I spoke with him. Again, I was as non- threatening as I could possibly be: polite, clear in my request, pleasant.

    To the point, I think a presence at your local rep’s office would get their attention. Nothing insulting. Nothing about a specific policy point. At this point, it should be a bipartisan effort to fight tyranny. This point is not debatable.

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  12. 3 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

    It would not bother me one bit if the rest of the world -- all of it -- instituted a travel ban against United States citizens.

    That would get the attention of business. Holy shit.

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  13. 5 hours ago, WhatTheBuck said:

    I’d replace “tyranny” with “tyrant.”

    I get what you’re saying. I considered it. But, the act of tyranny is not isolated to a single person right now. Noem is the face of tyranny. Using “tyrant” implies trump, and only trump, is the tyrant. That is not the case.

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  14. 9 hours ago, Zepol87 said:

    Yea we had this conversation earlier with family. I really don’t have a good answer and this shit is literally happening down the street from me. Any ideas or tips lawdogs? I don’t even know if military ID would matter anymore 

    Off topic but based on your posts, you’re in the whitttier area?

    I did a work project there several years ago and really liked the area. Nice downtown area. Nicely updated craftsmanship homes. I drove up through turnbull canyon to check it out.

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