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5 minutes ago, faps said:

There's a fuckload of those turds at the dealer in NW Houston. I never notice a dent in the amount on that lot, so I hope they are rusting away.

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I hope you understand what your next assignment is.

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1 hour ago, Born to Run said:

Wow 1300 Kids across this entire country opted to use puberty blockers in 2021.  

And here I thought kids were lining up for  surgery as commonly as cars at Jiffy Lube.

Also note that that data was gathered from insurance statistics.

Does anyone think that insurance pays out on claims for treatment that's not medically necessary?  Or, stated differently, if they could reject those claims because elective or not medically necessary that they would not?

And, that's relative to ~72 million Americans under age 18.  And an even tinier fraction of that is ever going to attempt to participate in a sport that doesn't match their birth certificate.

Is this "gender fiasco" really something that should be driving national politics?  Really?  I mean like, for real?

Since it does, ask yourself why?

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Posted
30 minutes ago, Captainant said:

yeah no kidding, a running google doc or something where we could decorate each entry with a link would be a horrifying thing to see in 4 years

I actually started this but I'm only tracking his lies. Not doing links, though. Don't need to be that consumed with it. 

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It really is remarkable how much these republicans and trump voters hate the idea of being validly compared to nazis.... and then keep on doing nazi shit

https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/kprc-video-republicans-20177616.php

They REALLY didn't appreciate the comparison to nazi germany removing books from schools they considered "un-german"

 

Cy-fair is removing entire chapters from their textbook curriculum to remove mentions to climate change, vaccines, and diversity.

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Posted
11 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Just wanted to toss out there a PERFECT encapsulation of Trumpism/MAGA.

- There is a relatively prominent attorney.

- He is super-Republican: pictures all over his social media with lots of GQP heavy-hitters.

- The bulk of posts on his social media are images of various bible quotes, so he's obviously SUPER-"Christian."

So, we've checked the key boxes -- GQP, very outwardly and show-y "Christian."

 

He just got a "show cause" order from a Federal Court.  That order tells him to show up in court, and give the court a reason not to cut his dingus clean off, because.....in response to a motion to dismiss one of his lawsuits as frivolous, he said (paraphrasing) oh yeah?  Well, I have an EXPERT who examined my case and says it has meritorious facts.  Here's an affidavit from him saying so!  Problem: the affidavit was signed, and states as much, on a certain date.  The expert?  Well...he's been DEAD....for a year before that date....and the lawyer knew it.  There is, literally, no way the expert signed that affidavit.

So, this is how GQP MAGA Christian world operates -- just shamelessly lie and commit fraud on the court.

The pathological dishonesty is a FEATURE, not a bug.

That guy has future AG written all over him

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The NCAA stated less than 10 of 530,000 in college sports, 0.00188679245% .

We as citizens can agree or disagree with that number, we don't need the government deciding it for us. Sports in not that serious, for one.

We certainly don't need the government to run on that as issue. We don't need them using it to try and start a civil war. We do not need the government to push the unethical treatment of American citizens and setting them at increased risk of hate crimes with innuendo. 

One has to remember, you may not be targeted now. But, if you allow it now, you might be next. Republicans continue to operate under the conceited assumption the shoe will never be on the other foot.

Quote

James Madison wrote in Federalist Paper No. 45:

"The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite."

 

Thomas Jefferson, in his 1801 inaugural address, he expressed:

A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement...

In a letter to Gideon Granger in 1800, Jefferson also warned: "Our country is too large to have all its affairs directed by a single government."

 

Patrick Henry, cautioned during the Virginia Ratifying Convention in 1788:

"The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government—lest it come to dominate our lives and interests."

 

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Posted
Just now, pacman said:

"The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government—lest it come to dominate our lives and interests."

MAGA:  "See, that's my thing!  I hate and don't trust the gubmint!  We gotta restrain it!  And that's why we gotta empower a supreme dictator and king who is not bound by any laws or rules!"

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Posted
2 hours ago, Texasborn91 said:

The person when they are of an appropriate age. Not the parents. Not the govt. 

So what is an appropriate age? Who determines what is an appropriate age?

Surely the people most qualified to make that decision would be doctors, the person, and their parents right?

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Posted
1 hour ago, Burt said:

I found it so hard to keep up with the utter bullshit from this administration the first time around that I decided I'd try a running log this time.  I know there are things I've missed, so I'd appreciate anyone pointing out where I'm lacking.

1/20/25
- pardoned every J6er
- Elon does Nazi salute twice
- signed executive order saying White House can give top secret clearances to anyone, without being vetted
- announced during inaugural address that US would expand its territories 
 
1/21/25
- pardoned Ross Ulbricht, Silk Road founder
- ordered closure of all DEI offices
 
1/23/25
- begins ICE deportations
 
1/24/25
- fired 12 Inspector Generals without required 30 day notice to Congress
- Hegseth confirmed at Sec of Def
- in NC press conference, reaffirms Canada should become 51st state
 
1/25/25
- confirms Noem at Sec of Homeland Sec
 
1/27/25
- several lawyers who worked on criminal investigations into Trump are fired
- fired NLRB General Counsel Abruzzo
 
1/28/25
- sent Elon email offering deferred resignation
- revokes Milley's security detail and his security clearance 
 
1/29/25
- at signing of Laken Riley Act, states he will use Guantanamo Bay to detain migrants
- federal employees who dont show up to work in person will be fired
- settles with Meta for $25 million
- confirms Zeldin as EPA administrator
- American Eagle flight 5342 collides with Army helicopter killing all 67
 
1/30/25
- suggests DEI played a role in crash from previous day
- several senior FBI employees given ultimatum to resign 
 
1/31/25
- Elon aides lock gov. employees out of computer systems
 
2/1/25
- puts 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico, and 10% tariffs on China
- orders airstrikes in Somalia
- Treasury Sec Bessent gives DOGE access to Federal Payment System
- Hegseth cancels Black History Month, Junteenth, MLK Day, Holocaust Remembrance Day, etc for DOD
 
2/3/25
- Sec of State Rubio announced he is now head of USAID
- announced creation of "wealth fund"
 
2/4/25
- all direct-hire personnel of USAID placed on admin leave
- Pam Bondi confirmed as Attorney General
- calls for permanent removal of Palestinians from Gaza
 
2/6/25
- Vought confirmed at Director of OMB
 
2/7/25
- dismisses JFK Center board and appoints himself chairman
 
2/9/25
- declares Feb 9, 2025 Gulf of America Day
- instructs treasury to stop printing pennies
 
2/10/25
- Dep Atty General Bove orders Southern Dist of NY to dismiss charges on Eric Adams
- imposes 25% tariff on all foreign steel and aluminum
 
2/11/25
- Marc Fogel released from Russian prison in exchange for Alexander Vinnik
- AP barred from Oval Office event because it didn't recognize Gulf of America
 
2/12/25
- Gabbard confirmed at Director of National Intelligence
- speaks with Putin via phone about negotiations to end war
- new Kennedy Center board unanimously elected Trump at chairman
 
2/13/25
- Southern District of NY Danielle Sassoon resigns; Dept Atty Gen Bove says she will be investigated to determine whether termination or some other action is appropriate
- RFK Jr confirmed as Sec of Health and Human Services
 
2/14/25
- AP indefinitely banned from Oval Office and AF1 over Gulf of America
 
2/15/25
- Ukraine is excluded from peace talks to settle war
 
2/18/25
- Howard Lutnick confirmed at Sec of Commerce
- Trump calls Zelenskyy a dictator and says Ukraine started the war
 
2/19/25
- Trump calls himself the king on MAGA-twitter
 
 

You should log all the times he plays golf too

 

1 hour ago, SydneyCarton said:

Can you, uh, make this a public google sheet?

Yes, please

 

1 hour ago, Captainant said:

yeah no kidding, a running google doc or something where we could decorate each entry with a link would be a horrifying thing to see in 4 years

Ditto

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Posted
2 hours ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

 

so infuriating. billionares don't need public health services, they just isolate on private jets and in massive compounds or on 300 foot yachts. grift folks this is about the grift. avoid a wealth tax by gutting the government. take more with no oversight.

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1 hour ago, Texasborn91 said:

Idk let’s use some common sense. We can’t drive til 16. Vote til 18. Do we want 12 year olds voting in elections? Or driving? Those seem like decent precedents to start at 

Common sense would seem to dictate that we leave it up to parents and doctors.

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1 hour ago, Texasborn91 said:

Idk let’s use some common sense. We can’t drive til 16. Vote til 18. Do we want 12 year olds voting in elections? Or driving? Those seem like decent precedents to start at 

What does voting or driving have to do with personal healthcare choices?

What other medicines and treatments should we ban for people under 18?

Since we are banning certain treatments for whatever reasons, shouldn’t we also be able to mandate certain treatments?

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28 minutes ago, 956 Worldwide said:

I cannot fathom doubling down on this and making trans the lynchpin of your intellectual construct; just say you only care about lower taxes and move on.

Since when do republicans lower taxes?

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1 hour ago, faps said:

There's a fuckload of those turds at the dealer in NW Houston. I never notice a dent in the amount on that lot, so I hope they are rusting away.

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Posted
16 minutes ago, pacman said:

Sports in not that serious, for one.

Sir this is the United States of America, the nation where parents hold their kids back a year so they'll be better at sports in high school.

 

We all know those sports uber alles parents. 

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Posted
1 hour ago, TwiceHorn said:

Also note that that data was gathered from insurance statistics.

Does anyone think that insurance pays out on claims for treatment that's not medically necessary?  Or, stated differently, if they could reject those claims because elective or not medically necessary that they would not?

And, that's relative to ~72 million Americans under age 18.  And an even tinier fraction of that is ever going to attempt to participate in a sport that doesn't match their birth certificate.

Is this "gender fiasco" really something that should be driving national politics?  Really?  I mean like, for real?

Since it does, ask yourself why?

.001806% of the under 18 population. definitely should be the lead issue for EVERY politician...

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49 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Just wanted to toss out there a PERFECT encapsulation of Trumpism/MAGA.

- There is a relatively prominent attorney.

- He is super-Republican: pictures all over his social media with lots of GQP heavy-hitters.

- The bulk of posts on his social media are images of various bible quotes, so he's obviously SUPER-"Christian."

So, we've checked the key boxes -- GQP, very outwardly and show-y "Christian."

 

He just got a "show cause" order from a Federal Court.  That order tells him to show up in court, and give the court a reason not to cut his dingus clean off, because.....in response to a motion to dismiss one of his lawsuits as frivolous, he said (paraphrasing) oh yeah?  Well, I have an EXPERT who examined my case and says it has meritorious facts.  Here's an affidavit from him saying so!  Problem: the affidavit was signed, and states as much, on a certain date.  The expert?  Well...he's been DEAD....for a year before that date....and the lawyer knew it.  There is, literally, no way the expert signed that affidavit.

So, this is how GQP MAGA Christian world operates -- just shamelessly lie and commit fraud on the court.

The pathological dishonesty is a FEATURE, not a bug.

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Posted
20 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

Common sense would seem to dictate that we leave it up to parents and doctors.

Or the kid once they reach a certain age. But that’s only regarding gender reassignment. 
 

It was suggested to my wife and I by a doctor to get our then 8 year old on puberty blockers bc of her height. It took all of 10 seconds for my wife and I to blow her off. Shes almost 10 now and still no puberty. We may be saying the same thing. Idk. 

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1 hour ago, Texasborn91 said:

Idk let’s use some common sense. We can’t drive til 16. Vote til 18. Do we want 12 year olds voting in elections? Or driving? Those seem like decent precedents to start at 

Do you have kids?  Because if you do, you understand it is a complicated balance between figuring out what they are mature/responsible enough to handle and what they are not.   My son did not diagnose himself as being on the spectrum, nor was he excluded from the process because we were seeing some differences from neurotypical children.   I cannot feel how his brain reacts to ADHD medication, but I can work with him to find a better one.   When an acquaintances daughter had panic attacks, they did not consult me about it.  SSRI's which were prescribed helped this little girl feel like a little girl.   She was high strung and struggled with separation anxiety from her mom.   

In some ways,  I do think being trans is like a mental health challenge.  Because I imagine it is challenging to not feel right in their own body/gender and I can guess this goes beyond just feeling off.   I can never really understand, but I also do not have to.  I simply do not need to understand why someone wants to change something about themselves to make themselves feel better.   And the lengths people go to to endure this change to feel better is something that is very daunting.  From surgery to medical, to wardrobe, changing fucking information with the government, altering social identities and crowds (which if you read Cialdini's work, you would know is fucking huge).   The issue I see it, is that the people on the right, downplay this process and liken it to changing your shoes.   We even had a scumbag in a wheelchair talking about kids going to school and having sex change operations at schools, which we all know was complete horseshit but the right never bothered to call this out.  (Schools of course lack the budget, expertise, will, and authority to do something like that.  They also can't give my kid an advil when she has a headache and for my son to carry an inhaler, I have to fill out several forms and get them all signed by physicians so he can keep an inhaler on him whenever he needs it for wheezing. ) 

But back to the commented I quoted.  I would value the vote of my ASD child.  He is probably more informed than many adults and certainly more compassionate and empathetic to others even with his diagnosis.  He might not have the context or full history that comes with years, but he knows quite a bit less propaganda and quite a bit more facts, especially relative to my parents.   

 

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40 minutes ago, hobbes2702 said:

So what is an appropriate age? Who determines what is an appropriate age?

Surely the people most qualified to make that decision would be doctors, the person, and their parents right?

No, we need dip shits like this guy whose last exposure to science was the C he got in ninth grade biology

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10 minutes ago, troph said:

trump threatened Europe with troop withdrawals if they didn't acquiesce to a US led proposal for Ukraine to surrender. story just now coming out from Europe.

 

Let me guess. Russia gets to decide how much of Ukraine they get to keep. 

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Posted
4 minutes ago, Paper_jam said:

 It can't just be that Trump ❤️ Putin, there has to be more.

Why not? He's not known for being pragmatic or a deep thinker. His gut says that he likes Putin, or at least that he wants to be Putin, so he likes him. He's a simpleton with money.

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23 minutes ago, Texasborn91 said:

Or the kid once they reach a certain age. But that’s only regarding gender reassignment. 
 

It was suggested to my wife and I by a doctor to get our then 8 year old on puberty blockers bc of her height. It took all of 10 seconds for my wife and I to blow her off. Shes almost 10 now and still no puberty. We may be saying the same thing. Idk. 

So what other medicines should we deny access to? Which should we mandate? 
Or are your only thoughts on government regulation of healthcare about the “gender fiasco”?

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Don’t know how much this has been talked about - I’m amazed that he’s only been in office a month and already talking a lot about another term. I’m sure he’s pushing for an 8 year term that would include the present term so he doesn’t have to run again. It floors me what he’s getting away with and what people are letting him do and say. And the Dems do not have an answer for him or his actions. It truly is 1930’s German Fascist.

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Posted
11 minutes ago, Red Five said:

Let me guess. Russia gets to decide how much of Ukraine they get to keep. 

And then some 

Posted
3 minutes ago, hobbes2702 said:

So what other medicines should we deny access to? Which should we mandate? 
Or are your only thoughts on government regulation of healthcare about the “gender fiasco”?

Can we get a ban on ivermectin too?

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Just now, hobbes2702 said:

It’s not like this is new. He’s been a Russian asset for like 15 years at this point.

Lot of smoke around his role in oligarch money laundering through real estate back in the day. 

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Just now, troph said:

Lot of smoke around his role in oligarch money laundering through real estate back in the day. 

Shit that ain’t smoke. Stone cold fact that he assisted the oligarchs in laundering their money. 

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Posted
2 minutes ago, hobbes2702 said:

Shit that ain’t smoke. Stone cold fact that he assisted the oligarchs in laundering their money. 

I’m nothing if not understated 

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Posted (edited)
6 minutes ago, troph said:

Can we get a ban on ivermectin too?

This is my point. You’re talking about government telling doctors and patients they can’t get treatment. Well some people think vaccines cause autism. Better ban those too.

Some people also think that everyone should be vaccinated for Covid and flu, guess we better mandate that.

You can’t tell us “govt bad but I want them involved in this one specific thing”. That’s not how it works. But trans people are weird so fuck them.

It honestly makes me wonder, like has he never even spoken to a trans person at all? Obviously he doesn’t have any personal relationships to lean on but it’s so strange the amount of interest people like him have in a community they’ve never even interacted with.

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My sons and I are watching inglorious bastards. I highly recommend it as a release valve. Shit we may watch band of brothers again too. 

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25 minutes ago, Sawbonz said:

No, we need dip shits like this guy whose last exposure to science was the C he got in ninth grade biology

Hey I got a C in biology 9th grade. Mostly because I got a zero on my fetal pig discectomy because I gave it a Colombian neck tie.  She was not amused. 

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Posted
3 minutes ago, troph said:

My sons and I are watching inglorious bastards. I highly recommend it as a release valve. Shit we may watch band of brothers again too. 

GIF by Chris Cimino

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Posted
13 minutes ago, hobbes2702 said:

So what other medicines should we deny access to? Which should we mandate? 
Or are your only thoughts on government regulation of healthcare about the “gender fiasco”?

I think for the most part abortion should be legal. No mid or late term. Abortions for women that have been raped or incest but good look with that muddy river. I don’t think religion should play a factor which unfortunately it does. 

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Posted
3 minutes ago, hobbes2702 said:

This is my point. You’re talking about government telling doctors and patients they can’t get treatment. Well some people think vaccines cause autism. Better ban those too.

Some people also think that everyone should be vaccinated for Covid and flu, guess we better mandate that.

You can’t tell us “govt bad but I want them involved in this one specific thing”. That’s not how it works. But trans people are weird so fuck them.

It honestly makes me wonder, like has he never even spoken to a trans person at all? Obviously he doesn’t have any personal relationships to lean on but it’s so strange the amount of interest people like him have in a community they’ve never even interacted with.

the voice ban GIF
 

all healthcare ban it all!! 

Posted
13 minutes ago, Brandywine said:

the Dems do not have an answer for him

okay this is just disingenuous. we're finally calling him Captain Chaos!

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Just now, troph said:

Only good Nazi is a dead Nazi. 

I've been sprinkling some Aldo Raine into more of my pop culture references, to give Luigi Mangione a bit of a break

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Posted (edited)
3 minutes ago, troph said:

the voice ban GIF
 

all healthcare ban it all!! 

Oh ok. So only ban the healthcare for people with gender dysphoria. 
Thank you for proving the point.

Seriously think about the point and precedent you’re setting you dumb fuck. You don’t think trans kids should get treatment. I don’t think kids with ADHD should get treatment. Why should we ban one of those treatments over the other?

For clarity the ADHD is just an example. They obviously should get treatment, so should trans kids. We should let doctors and patients make healthcare decisions not the govt. 

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