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troph

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  1. You must live a privileged life. I know plenty, more than a couple of them even left the country. My best friend from my kids friend group is building in Costa Rica right now to leave bc of the politics. Started looking for property trump’s first term and should be done very soon. They will leave when their youngest graduates in about 18 months. I know a gay couple that moved to Mexico during trumps first term. I’d probably have to look through my Facebook friends for others for out of country. There are several on this board I know left Texas bc of politics. It’s rarely only politics but in each of these cases the move was voluntary not because of a job relo.
  2. my pup gets really frustrated with me when I mirror him. just give me the fucking bone already is his response I think.
  3. It’s not really voluntary. If you are considering being the inside opposition, this is a signal that you best leave now, otherwise your agency or your job may just be eliminated, legalities be damned. Again what they do (violate the law with impunity), not what they say.
  4. Hang with me… the real objection that invalidates the whole is at the end… In theory there are a number of actions that are being talked about that I could quibble with how around the edges but the idea isn’t objectionable - cutting expenses, consolidating real estate, selling surplus property, reducing headcount, eliminating fraud, etc. that is what they are talking about doing, it it’s not what they are ACTUALLY doing. they are destroying the government, running off talent, extracting revenge, hiring extreme loyalists, taking what they want, violating the constitution, and in most cases so that they can lower taxes or remove obstacles to their power and wealth grab. They promised to fight for the working class, they use the language still but the bigly actions aren’t so much anti-woke, anti-queer, even anti-immigrant - that’s all a smoke screen, cutting costs and expenses, also a smoke screen, they want lower taxes and a weaker government so that the oligarchs can take more without risk of oversight or penalties. the big companies get this, and those that can have already turned over almost $100m to DJT in the form of law suit settlements. It’s fucking transparent. He sues, they don’t claim their fundamental first amendment right, they pay. foreign policy is also for sale. Selling technology to India? Grift indirectly. Trying to settle the war in Ukraine to the objection of Ukraine and Europe, also a grift. Suspending FCpA enforcement, direct grift. Trump is basically saying this how the world works, oligarchs and grift, common man hating each other and smoke screen the whole thing while you power grab, rape the earth, and destroy humanity. And on the back side Trump and his cronies will get paid. this is all an oligarch grift. And they will say anything and do anything to keep the religious and the working classes distracted. So yes, queer folk, immigrants, etc will be sacrificed so the focus is on them, not the grift. Basically they think they have a majority of the electorate allowing the infiltration of extreme Christianity into the government, persecuting LGBTQ folk, controlling women’s bodies, and demonizing brown people. But that is not what they care about. That’s only how they acquire and retain power. They only care about the grift. focus on what they do, not what they say. What they say is propaganda. What they do is the real motivation. if I had a prayers chance in heaven to win state wide or federal office this is would be my stump speech. I’d pound that mother fucker into the ground with it. Because it’s true.
  5. But he’s cutting expenses … don’t you even balance the budget bro?
  6. Guy Clark is rolling over in his grave
  7. I prefer … and resemble this one though… in fact I think I might update my avatar to this one.
  8. Needed this during the campaign….
  9. Who is the lovely woman on the window sill ?
  10. That’s so funny. I need to text him and say hi. He’s definitely checked out.
  11. Does this mean we get a remake of clear and present danger with Harrison ford and team being ambushed in a convoy of cyber trucks instead of Yukons?
  12. thanks for the reply. yeah LT has great options for go getters, the regular classes are terribad though.
  13. cartels need tourism to launder their dirty money too. we have friends in Ajijic as well. their hacienda is the fucking tits. jaw dropping wow.
  14. Go to breakfast… plain yougurt, strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, pecans, sunflower seeds (dry roasted), flax seeds (dry roasted), and pepitas. sweet as can be, zero added sugar, no processed carbs or foods.
  15. Thanks for the responses… good info to know.
  16. Got my old f350 7.3L running well again (power steering and brake fluid pump, steering gear box, brake system, differential service and sealing, turbo something was leaking, and a bunch of little stuff with a receipt about 5 pages long, all in about $12k). Engine and transmission still in good shape, about to roll past 300,000 miles… hums like a school bus with after market tuner that lets me ride on the highway with ease. Wife is installing a new car play stereo this weekend. Weekend drives and fishing expeditions in the hill country are sublime in that loud ass mother fucker. 🤤 yes tacos are expensive, bought my son one at the height of the used car market. 🤢
  17. What’s the straight story here? What did they do to warrant the firing?
  18. Because you know what he’s actually doing.
  19. I didn’t say he made sense and frankly it doesn’t matter. It’s all bullshit. The best indicator that it is all bullshit is what he is doing. Talking about what he says is a waste of time. Want to eliminate agencies? Mike Fucking Johnson said he supports it. Make congress pass the law then it’s not unconstitutional to eliminate USAID or the Dept of Education. What musk is saying and what he is doing are totally different things.
  20. And part of the process that led us to where we are today.
  21. Don’t listen to what they say, look at what they do. This presser sounds infinitely reasonable even if major changes are happening. what they are doing is entirely different. Saying one thing and doing another is the definition of propaganda. Even if his examples of anecdotal waste are 100% true, what they are doing isn’t common sense modernization. They are killing agencies, stopping all federally funded medical research, stopping all funding for programs that no one doubts are valid and important, and more and more in direct violation of the law and the constitution, claiming it’s what the people want. Unfortunately, many will listen and say carry on because they have no ability to evaluate the differences between what they say and what they do.
  22. You can buy drugs if you want but the more you do the more you risk an interaction - but that’s no different than in the US. I dunno about weed, I’m not much of a user.
  23. Ok I turned this game off. I’ve probably quit watching 10 times this year. Holy shit this program is a dumpster fire.
  24. Trash program right now. Absolute garbage.
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