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21 minutes ago, Hookah Horns said:

The pace of shitty news and lack of any real opposition is truly terrifying. 

You have to have a voice from someone that people will coalesce around. It would be cool if that is Buttigieg because is one of the smartest human beings on the planet. He has a higher amount of intellect in his pinky than this entire administration has combined. Thank God he’s an American. He’s what we need leading us, but instead we get grifters stealing everything including the kitchen sink.

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10 hours ago, Goofyboy said:

Trump is now “considering” 25% tariff on cars, semiconductors and pharmaceuticals. Honda and Toyota have responded saying they would shut down their lines and lay off all workers - affecting Tennessee, Kentucky, etc.

You mean all the people who just got hit by that hurricane and the floods and all?  That would be really bad.  

Remind me which states are all in for this guy?

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One of the problems with these techtards is that they have basically matured believing the rules don't apply to them:  bricks and mortar business, IP laws, regulations, etc.
It's really a chronic case of too cool for school.

Except none of them are cool and they’re very angry about it.

This version of Revenge of the Nerds is much less cool and needs more tites than the original.
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Posted
5 hours ago, mchookem said:

too little, too late. or not. fuck if i know.

i need to embrace some ignorance. as in i don't wanna know any more shit.

 

ETA in reference to the polling

 

32 minutes ago, DigglerontheHoof said:

Polling doesn't mean shit anymore.  We passed that in November of last year. 

We had the inverse of Four Weddings and a Funeral last year so I stepped away for awhile, and two months into 2025 and one is inclined to view an island as rather peaceful as long as one can perform dental surgery with an ice skate.

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Posted
12 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

That encapsulates modern American "Christianity" about as well as anything I have seen.

Meh, needs more child rape and child rape enabling but I feel you. 

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10 hours ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

 

 

 

I fully expect the spin to be that Biden and the Libs stole the jobs like they stole everybody's tax dollars, and DOGE got here just in time to prevent another Great Depression.  We'll all take a 25% hit to our 401k's, but it would've been 40% if we hadn't had such a brilliant businessman in office.  Those of us fortunate enough to keep our jobs can just work 60 hours a week to keep the GDP up.  It'll be our patriotic honor.

I mean, they think Trump did a good job with Covid.  There's nothing they won't fall for.

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1 hour ago, TexArcher said:

 

I fully expect the spin to be that Biden and the Libs stole the jobs like they stole everybody's tax dollars, and DOGE got here just in time to prevent another Great Depression.  We'll all take a 25% hit to our 401k's, but it would've been 40% if we hadn't had such a brilliant businessman in office.  Those of us fortunate enough to keep our jobs can just work 60 hours a week to keep the GDP up.  It'll be our patriotic honor.

I mean, they think Trump did a good job with Covid.  There's nothing they won't fall for.

It’s even simpler. CARES and ARPA acts are to blame. Because reasons. Not shut up so I can pass another tax break for those making $300,000+. 

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11 hours ago, Hefeweizen said:

The 10 year bond saving us was not on my bingo card but it’s going to happen.  When shit falls apart and credit for companies gets expensive shit will get real fast.

Explain this to me like I'm 5. If our economy crashes, how is any bond note worth a shit?

9 hours ago, ChiTownDoc said:

Working on EU through the wife and was just in Mérida for a wedding.  Good attorneys there can get Mexico done for you if you spend 3 months there.  Fuck it.  Not burning down overnight but I’m sure as shit gonna have my options open when it does.  

PM me the name of a good attorney, plz. 

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It’s even simpler. CARES and ARPA acts are to blame. Because reasons. Not shut up so I can pass another tax break for those making $300,000+. 

Thanks for the tax break.
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Which country is going to be the first one to roll out the red carpet for our best and brightest to immigrate? That has to be being discussed in most European countries.

 

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With the cut of around 10% of NSF employees and the overall funding freeze for certain agencies, higher ed is going to be going through some things if the $$ stay on hold. The way I understand it is that the larger schools (say like UT and A&M) will be okay until the beginning of summer, but things may get uncomfortable after that. If that happens, campus cuts (especially in GOP dominated states) will likely follow ideologically directed guidelines in order to keep certain funding streams open. That's speculation, but not too hard to imagine. Other countries can certainly make some offers and likely find some willing interviewees. In addition, local economies of smaller university towns would take a hit as sometimes the school is the largest employer. Even if the skeptics say, 'well, just teach then" (i.e. no research), the infrastructure of the Tier I schools is enormous. Going to just let it all decay? Wait, don't answer that....

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1 hour ago, CooterBrown said:

Which country is going to be the first one to roll out the red carpet for our best and brightest to immigrate? That has to be being discussed in most European countries.

 

Germany. The irony.

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Posted
12 hours ago, C-Man said:


Glad I just bought my new Toyota yesterday. Car is en route to DFW from Houston.

Bought my new Honda a couple months ago. What concerns me now is getting parts for repairs.

Luckily I don't drive much 

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Just now, MissingInAction said:

Bought my new Honda a couple months ago. What concerns me now is getting parts for repairs.

Luckily I don't drive much 

Plus, it's a Honda, so it won't need much in the way of repair for at least 100K miles.

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1 minute ago, jimmyjazz said:

Plus, it's a Honda, so it won't need much in the way of repair for at least 100K miles.

Yep. Had my last one 4 years and only put 20k on it before trading in for another new one.

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31 minutes ago, MissingInAction said:

Bought my new Honda a couple months ago. What concerns me now is getting parts for repairs.

Luckily I don't drive much 

 

i'm dealing with a company that produces a very very vital 'part' for the us / economy

the general back log in the industry, 5 years 

 

😂😂😂😂

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so... the scale of the dismantling and destruction is too huge, we can't have a texags-style thread for everything or this forum would just be littered with individual horrors...

but should/could we have a separate thread for some of the most egregious? like the LGBTQ thread is, topics that are the so horrifying and specific they deserve their own dedicated discussion?

for me, the NPS/USFS/BLM slashing and threats is the stuff of nightmares...but that's my opinion, so I'm asking if we should break that discussion out or just try to keep the horror contained here amongst all the others?

 

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6 hours ago, wild_turkey said:


Well, Congress was supposed to stop something like this from ever happening, but the Ds are outnumbered and the Rs are scared shitless to stand up to Trump. They are more concerned about their future political careers and the very real prospect of getting primaried in 2 years if they don’t support everything that Trump and Elon want. Elon has said he will contribute $100MM to primary people who aren’t team players.

Look at how easily they bullied Senator Joni Ernst into confirming Pete Hegseth. She’s a sexual assault survivor and an outspoken advocate against sexual assault and was respected across the political aisle for that, but they threatened her and she flipped her stance to confirm a man accused of sexual assault and with a very poor history of treating women. That was a dress rehearsal for any future opposition within the Republican Party and the message was highly visible to the rest of Congress.

Someone offered that she was far more qualified to be SoD than him, but . . .

I don't really think she caved in because of political pressure; it was likely more fear of the Proud Boys.

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57 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

i'm dealing with a company that produces a very very vital 'part' for the us / economy

the general back log in the industry, 5 years 

 

😂😂😂😂

I thought the Fleshlight was manufactured in Austin.

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making america great again .....

- 1/20: Trump guts the FAA


- 1/22: Trump disbands the Aviation Security Advisory Committee, declares he has ended DEI and restored “excellence and safety” in air travel

- 1/23: Plane crashes in Columbia, California


- 1/29: First commercial plane crash in 16 years over Washington, DC, 67 people die
- 1/31: Plane crashes in Philadelphia
- 2/1: Plane crashes near Ennis, Texas
- 2/5: Japan Airlines plane strikes Delta flight on runway in Seattle 
- 2/5: Plane crashes in Arkansas
- 2/6: Bering Air flight disappears over Alaska with 10 people on board, later found dead
- 2/10: Plane crashes in Scottsdale, AZ
- 2/12: Military fighter jet crashes into San Diego Bay 
- 2/15: Trump fires hundreds of FAA employees
- 2/15: Plane crashes in Flagler County, Florida
- 2/15: Plane crashes in Covington, GA
- 2/16: Two planes crash in Texas
- 2/17: Plane departing from Minnesota crashes in Toronto
- 2/19: Plane crashes in Marana, Arizona

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11 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

making america great again .....

- 1/20: Trump guts the FAA


- 1/22: Trump disbands the Aviation Security Advisory Committee, declares he has ended DEI and restored “excellence and safety” in air travel

- 1/23: Plane crashes in Columbia, California


- 1/29: First commercial plane crash in 16 years over Washington, DC, 67 people die
- 1/31: Plane crashes in Philadelphia
- 2/1: Plane crashes near Ennis, Texas
- 2/5: Japan Airlines plane strikes Delta flight on runway in Seattle 
- 2/5: Plane crashes in Arkansas
- 2/6: Bering Air flight disappears over Alaska with 10 people on board, later found dead
- 2/10: Plane crashes in Scottsdale, AZ
- 2/12: Military fighter jet crashes into San Diego Bay 
- 2/15: Trump fires hundreds of FAA employees
- 2/15: Plane crashes in Flagler County, Florida
- 2/15: Plane crashes in Covington, GA
- 2/16: Two planes crash in Texas
- 2/17: Plane departing from Minnesota crashes in Toronto
- 2/19: Plane crashes in Marana, Arizona

Thanks Obama 

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21 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

making america great again .....

- 1/20: Trump guts the FAA


- 1/22: Trump disbands the Aviation Security Advisory Committee, declares he has ended DEI and restored “excellence and safety” in air travel

- 1/23: Plane crashes in Columbia, California


- 1/29: First commercial plane crash in 16 years over Washington, DC, 67 people die
- 1/31: Plane crashes in Philadelphia
- 2/1: Plane crashes near Ennis, Texas
- 2/5: Japan Airlines plane strikes Delta flight on runway in Seattle 
- 2/5: Plane crashes in Arkansas
- 2/6: Bering Air flight disappears over Alaska with 10 people on board, later found dead
- 2/10: Plane crashes in Scottsdale, AZ
- 2/12: Military fighter jet crashes into San Diego Bay 
- 2/15: Trump fires hundreds of FAA employees
- 2/15: Plane crashes in Flagler County, Florida
- 2/15: Plane crashes in Covington, GA
- 2/16: Two planes crash in Texas
- 2/17: Plane departing from Minnesota crashes in Toronto
- 2/19: Plane crashes in Marana, Arizona

seems bad but honest question - what is the frequency uptick here, and what causal link can we truly establish - basically I don't know how many of those are smaller planes that we wouldn't hear about normally vs there was an average of 3 per month and now there is has been 11 incidents in february and we aren't done yet.

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7 hours ago, wild_turkey said:


Well, Congress was supposed to stop something like this from ever happening, but the Ds are outnumbered and the Rs are scared shitless to stand up to Trump. They are more concerned about their future political careers and the very real prospect of getting primaried in 2 years if they don’t support everything that Trump and Elon want. Elon has said he will contribute $100MM to primary people who aren’t team players.

Look at how easily they bullied Senator Joni Ernst into confirming Pete Hegseth. She’s a sexual assault survivor and an outspoken advocate against sexual assault and was respected across the political aisle for that, but they threatened her and she flipped her stance to confirm a man accused of sexual assault and with a very poor history of treating women. That was a dress rehearsal for any future opposition within the Republican Party and the message was highly visible to the rest of Congress.

I have no idea how anyone can still be a conservative (under the current definition in America) at this point, but any such person with any synapses still firing will surely realize by the end of this term that:

1. late stage capitalism has fully gone off the rails and sucks ass for people who aren't wealthy, especially when the govt stops doing anything to regulate commerce for the greater gods inadequate billionaire oligarchs set policy and are above the law;

2. our campaign finance system is complete trash, especially when combined with #1 above; and 

3. the federal bureaucracy actually did a lot of good things for people and most of the regulation we've developed over the centuries wasn't just wasteful red tape. 

Of course, it won't surprise me if few end up having the meager brainpower necessary to realize these things after the next 4 years of hell. But regardless of how many of them do, by then it'll be far too late to unfuck the country, the economy, our relationships with allies and global standing. 

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and if there is a real substantial increase then why the fuck aren't the democrats holding a press conference right now saying he gutted FAA it's not safe to travel. here are the stats, flyer beware???

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1 minute ago, troph said:

and if there is a real substantial increase then why the fuck aren't the democrats holding a press conference right now saying he gutted FAA it's not safe to travel. here are the stats, flyer beware???

the DNC leadership is too busy sucking on their teeth and trading stock to care

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3 minutes ago, troph said:

and if there is a real substantial increase then why the fuck aren't the democrats holding a press conference right now saying he gutted FAA it's not safe to travel. here are the stats, flyer beware???

Many of them probably have a lot of investments in airlines. Oh and they don't give a shit about Americans, or anything other than keeping their seat and covering their ass. It's still unclear to me how the motivation to keep their seats hasn't really moved the needle yet, though. Maybe they figure free elections are a thing of the past anyway and just trying to not run afoul of der fuhrer. 

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1 hour ago, South Austin said:

Just because I know it’s coming, you assholes.

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That's not fair man.

 

She gets way wetter than that. 

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Posted
19 minutes ago, Captainant said:

the DNC leadership is too busy sucking on their teeth and trading stock to care

 

11 minutes ago, Hookah Horns said:

Many of them probably have a lot of investments in airlines. Oh and they don't give a shit about Americans, or anything other than keeping their seat and covering their ass. It's still unclear to me how the motivation to keep their seats hasn't really moved the needle yet, though. Maybe they figure free elections are a thing of the past anyway and just trying to not run afoul of der fuhrer. 

 

4 minutes ago, elguapo said:

The dems are very close to standing up to their billionaire tech bro masters, any day now

At this point, I can't even blame democrats. They can't fix a broken culture/species/country with a daily press conference. All they can do is draw attention to themselves and get put in a camp sooner. I understand that deer in a headlights feeling. Do I liquidate my entire life savings and take my family out of here, without a job or hope of work, or do I stay here, powerless, and hope somehow shit remains intact and functional and my family can have a good life? It's scary shit. 

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2 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

 

 

At this point, I can't even blame democrats. They can't fix a broken culture/species/country with a daily press conference. All they can do is draw attention to themselves and get put in a camp sooner. I understand that deer in a headlights feeling. Do I liquidate my entire life savings and take my family out of here, without a job or hope of work, or do I stay here, powerless, and hope somehow shit remains intact and functional and my family can have a good life? It's scary shit. 

James Carville is out there saying the best thing for dems is just to sit back and watch it happen. Like, shit will get so bad so soon, that the fever will break for a bunch of the Dotardarians. I don't think I agree with that. 

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Just now, Red Five said:

James Carville is out there saying the best thing for dems is just to sit back and watch it happen. Like, shit will get so bad so soon, that the fever will break for a bunch of the Dotardarians. I don't think I agree with that. 

I think a lot of people will realize the error of their ways, and that all this shit is bad. The real question is, will there be anything left to do about it?

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Just now, SydneyCarton said:

I think a lot of people will realize the error of their ways, and that all this shit is bad. The real question is, will there be anything left to do about it?

I think Dotard will blame it on anyone and everyone except him. And the vast majority of his supporters will believe him. "Yep, that damned Biden did this." 

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