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1 minute ago, Huckleberry said:

That was covered by my statement that he lacks pride. But he absolutely would go along with someone else's plan to do that kind of thing in his name, he just wouldn't come up with it himself. 

Yeah, the difference between Cruz and Trump is that it was Trump's idea to do a coup. A coup wouldn't have even entered Cruz's mind as a possibility until someone else suggested it.  

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22 minutes ago, wildcat09 said:

Yeah, the difference between Cruz and Trump is that it was Trump's idea to do a coup. A coup wouldn't have even entered Cruz's mind as a possibility until someone else suggested it.  

Now go do that smooth coup that you do SO WELL

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3 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

just caught up with the last few pages and i'm reading that the gop is getting tired of trump, and after he loses next month, he'll be out of the picture by 2028.

lolol.

have y'all learned nothing? if he's drawing oxygen, he will run, and likely win the nomination. must we do this every 4 years?

Think how shitty and low energy he looks now. Add 4 years to that and he'll be a walking bloated corpse. If anything, he'll try to foist his low IQ sons onto the GOP. 

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50 minutes ago, wood said:

Yeah I'm a retired firefighter and I'm pissed, too. I'm starting the process to end my union dues right now. Fuck that shit. BTW, they don't ask the firefighters who we  want to back. They never have. For my entire career they've backed the Democratic candidate. Why they chose to sit this one out is mind-boggling. 

Because in 2024 America, particularly for the men who dominate many blue collar ranks, it has become more important to hate the "other," defined as "any and all groups smaller and weaker than yours," than it is to support someone who might actually make things better for everyone.

It's as if they were shopping for a product, and they were shown one that has all the features they SHOULD want, but they ask "but....will it be cruel to/punish people weaker than me?"  If the answer is "no," they pass on the purchase.  They'd rather buy an unreliable POS that offers them nothing, but features "NOW FEATURING 'FUCK OVER THE WEAK'!"  They can't buy those fast enough, they're flying off the shelves.

 

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9 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

just caught up with the last few pages and i'm reading that the gop is getting tired of trump, and after he loses next month, he'll be out of the picture by 2028.

lolol.

have y'all learned nothing? if he's drawing oxygen, he will run, and likely win the nomination. must we do this every 4 years?

I sort of hope he does because it’ll be a slam dunk to beat him a third time, but I seriously think that if he’s still alive his brain will be complete mush. Not Biden stuttering and jumbling words but full catatonic mumbling at the tv from a wheelchair. There’s no way his ego can take another loss without breaking the floodgate of dementia. If it’s a landslide he might drop dead by Jan 20.

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8 minutes ago, 'stache said:

I sort of hope he does because it’ll be a slam dunk to beat him a third time, but I seriously think that if he’s still alive his brain will be complete mush. Not Biden stuttering and jumbling words but full catatonic mumbling at the tv from a wheelchair. There’s no way his ego can take another loss without breaking the floodgate of dementia. If it’s a landslide he might drop dead by Jan 20.

a two-time loser, 82-year-old DJT with mush for brains and 4 more years of silent/boomer die off is a dream for the Democratic Party. It should be our fantasy.

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1 hour ago, Pato del Muerto said:

What union benefits do retired get for their dues?

Little to nothing at all. We pay more to help support the Union in pay negotiations and some of the programs they have in place to help firefighters. 

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5 minutes ago, Sawbonz said:

I was in undergrad 88 to 92, and the state paid a pretty high percentage of the costs of education outside of housing and food. I think the most I ever paid was a semester I took 17 hours and including fees for a lab it was 1300 or so 

When I was in medical school the state was subsidizing quite a bit. Our tuition was under 6k per year. Guys 5 years ahead of me paid 1K per year. 
 

Somewhere we lost our way

In fall of 72, when I entered, tuition was a flat $50 per semester.   Fees totaled $114.  Big cost was Jester at about $900 per semester room and board. 

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1 hour ago, Rex Kramer said:

Not sure he’d incite a riot. They’re in different categories. I abhor Cruz. Our daughters go to the same camp so I’m exposed to him for a day every summer. He’s very aloof and is basically a fat dork. One of his daughters got booted from the camp a few years ago because she’s fucked up. I give Cruz credit for not making a big stink about it, or pulling his other daughter from camp. I fully expected him to do both. 

1. Nice subtle Waldemar humble brag.

2. I can’t imagine why his daughter is fucked up. Maybe he should step away from being a completely toxic piece of human garbage for the sake of his daughters, but naw, gotta own the libs.

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1 hour ago, wood said:

Yeah I'm a retired firefighter and I'm pissed, too. I'm starting the process to end my union dues right now. Fuck that shit. BTW, they don't ask the firefighters who we  want to back. They never have. It's all up to the IAFF/AFL-CIO national leaders. For my entire career they've backed the Democratic candidate. Why they chose to sit this one out is mind-boggling. 

 

 

Because the new President is a Trumper. I posted and article on it earlier.

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38 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

just caught up with the last few pages and i'm reading that the gop is getting tired of trump, and after he loses next month, he'll be out of the picture by 2028.

lolol.

have y'all learned nothing? if he's drawing oxygen, he will run, and likely win the nomination. must we do this every 4 years?

He had to convince his voters that the election was rigged and that he won in 2020 to keep them at his side for the past 4 years. If he loses again, it's not absurd to think the house of cards will finally fall. 

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1 minute ago, C-Man said:

 

Cruz isn't an abject moron so that's one difference. For all his faults, Trump has always had no problems getting plenty of pussy. Do we have confirmation the kids Heidi birthed are actually Ted's?

 

My fantasy is Trump loses next month, Jack Smith nails his fucking ass to the wall and the fucker dies in prison.

And still manages to siphon off 5-10% of the R POTUS vote in ‘28 via write in of conspiratorial morons. 

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Posted
51 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

just caught up with the last few pages and i'm reading that the gop is getting tired of trump, and after he loses next month, he'll be out of the picture by 2028.

lolol.

have y'all learned nothing? if he's drawing oxygen, he will run, and likely win the nomination. must we do this every 4 years?

HG gets it. And if he runs he'll definitely get their nomination and it will probably be pretty close in the general. 

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Posted
7 hours ago, kevwun said:

Means they didn’t have to votes to endorse Trump which is funny.

They probably didn't, but they've historically endorsed the Democrat anyway no matter what. The national leadership doesn't poll the membership. They just decide for everyone.

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There is the very real chance Trump will not be healthy enough to deal with a campaign in 2028.  He might also be facing legal consequences, although as we all know those odds are low.

I have a real concern that a Harris victory would break down the "female POTUS" barrier and we would get . . . Ivanka.

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5 hours ago, Degenerate Gardner said:

In my experience, police and firefighters are generally folks with fierce unions and tremendous benefits who are also somehow are against unions for everyone else. In other words, selfish ‘for me but not for thee’ MAGA shitheads. Fuck ‘em..

Your experience with actual firefighters must be very limited then.

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1 hour ago, henrygandorf said:

just caught up with the last few pages and i'm reading that the gop is getting tired of trump, and after he loses next month, he'll be out of the picture by 2028.

lolol.

have y'all learned nothing? if he's drawing oxygen, he will run, and likely win the nomination. must we do this every 4 years?

 

the GoP is getting tired of trump keeping all the money. if he was spreading around some more cheese, they’d be very damn good with trump 

pigs get fed, hogs get slaughtered 

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Posted
7 minutes ago, Rex Kramer said:

Weird fantasy. How about we are just indifferent and happy to have him out of our political lives, and the fantasy is Sydney Sweeney?

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2 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

There is the very real chance Trump will not be healthy enough to deal with a campaign in 2028.  He might also be facing legal consequences, although as we all know those odds are low.

I have a real concern that a Harris victory would break down the "female POTUS" barrier and we would get . . . Ivanka.

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7 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

the GoP is getting tired of trump keeping all the money. 

well, it's not up to them. if it was, mcconnell etc would've run him out on a rail the minute his losing starting affecting them, which was years ago.

it's up to the voters who live in a fantasy world. good luck convincing them of any type of abstract thought.

also, whomever is saying "he'll just play kingmaker and tell people who to vote for" it doesn't work like that either. the voters don't ever listen to him and all his picks get wiped out. it has to be him.

y'all seriously need to stop thinking about this like a political party - it's a team sport and the opponent is aggy. does that cheat sheet help at all?

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Posted
36 minutes ago, Dahobbs said:

Because the new President is a Trumper. I posted and article on it earlier.

Yeah then fuck that POS.

Posted
29 minutes ago, Rex Kramer said:

Typically with the line that I wouldn’t vote for him if I had AIDS and he had the cure. 

I'm pretty sure that was one of his campaign promises this cycle, except he called it the AIDS.

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11 minutes ago, wood said:

I was a 28 year career firefighter and my experience has been quite different. 

Yeah, I know exactly one firefighter, a Captain in Round Rock, and he's a long long way from a Trumper.  I'm sure there are plenty, though.

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Posted
1 hour ago, Brisketexan said:

Because in 2024 America, particularly for the men who dominate many blue collar ranks, it has become more important to hate the "other," defined as "any and all groups smaller and weaker than yours," than it is to support someone who might actually make things better for everyone.

It's as if they were shopping for a product, and they were shown one that has all the features they SHOULD want, but they ask "but....will it be cruel to/punish people weaker than me?"  If the answer is "no," they pass on the purchase.  They'd rather buy an unreliable POS that offers them nothing, but features "NOW FEATURING 'FUCK OVER THE WEAK'!"  They can't buy those fast enough, they're flying off the shelves.

I agree with much of what you're saying, but firefighters don't choose who to endorse. We don;t even get to choose our leadership on the national level. This is what infuriates me so much about their decision to not endorse - it makes US (the membership) look bad, and we didn't even have a say in it.

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Posted (edited)
1 hour ago, ChiTownDoc said:

Mailing in my Dade ballot today.  LFG

In a week or so check your ballot status.

Wife and I filled out our mail in ballots and dropped them off at the SOE.  Feels good.  I've now turned my attention to trying to flip a few Trumpkins I know.  I think one will vote Harris, He's starting to see the light.  The best I can get out of the other one is not to vote.  He's a bigtime BOTHSIDES BRO!

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Posted
7 minutes ago, Foosters said:

To continue the firefighting tangent, this article from last December gave me a good chuckle. Essentially, all these conservative firefighters and cops moved to Idaho to get away from Commiefornia, only to find that they (and their bank accounts stuffed with generous goverment pension money) are unwelcome.

 

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-12-21/california-cops-firefighters-flee-california-take-pensions-to-eagle-idaho

I laughed at this fucking article way more then I should have…

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Posted
4 minutes ago, Gatorubet said:

I laughed because it was paywalled. 

which is why I took the time to select the best parts and include them in the body of my post. You're welcome.

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Posted
4 minutes ago, Foosters said:

which is why I took the time to select the best parts and include them in the body of my post. You're welcome.

Oh fine. Now I have to read the actual posts? And on a Friday?

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Just now, Gatorubet said:

Oh fine. Now I have to read the actual posts? And on a Friday?

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I have my secretary read me all the posts and transcribe my responses

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Posted
29 minutes ago, Radical Larry said:

Musk is terrified that sad, orange, sack of shit is going to lose the election. 

musk thought once he got more personally involved, it would make all the difference. i'm enjoying that it's not going well for him.

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Posted
4 minutes ago, Foosters said:

I have my secretary read me all the posts and transcribe my responses

Does she read our posts in different voices?

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Posted
5 minutes ago, Foosters said:

I have my secretary read me all the posts and transcribe my responses

I, for one, am not going to ‘fee shame’ your billable hours for ”case research”

I mean, every so often somebody posts a link to a case. Amirite???

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