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4 hours ago, F250 said:

 

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Sam Seder is a national treasure. I've been a huge fan of his since the Air America days and a subscriber at the Majority Report for years. He's the fucking GOAT of political commentary on YT. 

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4 hours ago, GSU&UT said:

Go watch The Majority Report on YouTube if you haven't. I haven't kept up as much since Michael Brooks passed, but Sam is literally the best person to debate idiots like these. Dumbass libertarians would constantly call into his show and he would eat them alive. Sam was my gateway into actually discovering my politics and moral compass in 2015.

The fact those young idiots spent so much time whining about DEI without any sense of self-awareness in that room is just jaw-dropping amazing to me. The entire room was full of carefully culled stereotypes like an MTV Real World roundtable for GOP ding dongs. Hypocrisy is the literal lifeblood of Republican voters and loudmouth Trump supporters--I'm convinced they would spontaneously combust without it.

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16 hours ago, Firemans4Horn said:

I guess letting a 78 year old convicted rapist with late stage syphilis brain crash the economy is worth getting rid of 1 trans swimmer. 

 

14 hours ago, Goofyboy said:


And three VB players!!! It adds up, right? To like 10?

That's to start. We are merely dipping a toe in the water to check the temp.

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7 minutes ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

 

 

 

Hahaha! Thought you were playing 4D chess and didn't see this move coming. Your broke ass MAGA constituents can't help Elon one bit. Musk is going to find out first hand how everything in Donnie's orbit fails. He should hit the eject button or take the next off ramp but his fucking ego won't let him do it. He will be ok for awhile surviving on the guvment teet, but when we get on the other side of this thing this dude is over.

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Posted
18 hours ago, Ojo Rojo said:

I went to visit some relatives in South Texas last weekend.  To the person they are MAGA through and through.  This has  been very disappointing to me because I love these people.  They are genuinely good, hard-working people.  They definitely believe themselves to be good Christians.  I have stayed away over the last few years in large part because of politics.  I don't want to be open with them about my politics because I know that would fundamentally change how they view me.  I don't want to engage with them about politics, but I have a hard time keeping my mouth shut.  So it's safer to stay away.  Anyhow, I was with them Saturday night for a little while.  Several of them were sitting around the kitchen table talking about politics.  I was listening, but not participating.  One of my aunts said something derisive about the mice transgender thing. I couldn't help myself and said, "No, it was a mice transgenic study."  She and another aunt asked me, "What's that mean?"  So I explained as briefly as I could.  One of my uncles said something along the lines of, "I don't mind paying my fair share of taxes to the government for things I want them to pay for; that I benefit from.  The ONLY thing the government does that benefits me is the military."  He was dead fucking serious.  He then went on about another ridiculous story about another study the government funded about the effects of tequila on goldfish.

What I took away from this is that these folks do no critical thinking whatsoever.  It's not that they are not capable of it.  They are all of normal intelligence.  I'm not sure the reason, whether there has never really been a reason for them to exercise critical thinking or if they are just too absorbed in their lives and activities to take the time and mental capacity to engage is such a thing.  These are all boomers.  Up until fairly recently in their lives, all news and media has been fairly unquestioned.  If Dan Rather or Peter Jennings or Tom Brokaw said it on the evening news there was no reason to question it.  Same with every newspaper in circulation.  People used to not need to apply critical thinking to what they were seeing in the media.  I'm sure that all of these people only watch Fox News.  That's probably because they know it aligns with their preconceived notions and political ideology and makes them feel good.  So, feeling good (dopamine hits or whatever the fuck you get from confirmation bias) and zero critical thinking accounts, according to me, for why my family members are the way they are.

Naw man these people have only themselves to blame. It's not that they do no critical thinking, it's that they willfully wake up in the morning and allow themselves to be brainwashed by turning on Fox all day. My mother and father in law have that shit on all day, and then some radio show of its like if they are in the car. Consume consume consume. That's why when you argue with MAGA types, they always say "turn off the MSNBC/CNN". Every accusation is a confession.

You should always look at the root cause for why they chose the route they did. They were looking to validate the hatred they have for others and stumbled on right wing media which confirmed the thoughts they already had. We have to accept that about our loved ones. That's the glue of that community. Willful hatred.

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One of those White House correspondents needs to ask Krasnov if he agrees with Elon that Sen. Mark Kelly is a traitor at the next press conference.

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A draft dodger and a man-child who uses his kid as a shield... for some reason I don't see them having thr balls to do that. Perhaps the only thing greater than their egos is their cowardice.

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Also, during my weekly screaming into the void session with John Carter's office, I checked his age so I could comment on a child growing up during the Cold War turning into a supporter of Russia. That fucker is 83 years old

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Saw a poll this morning asking Americans about Trump, Canada, and Mexico. There was actually a positive view of how the U.S. is handling Canada. Jesus, I can’t believe how stupid Americans are. 

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Posted
2 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

"illegally and collusively boycott" is certainly a new one.  It's illegal to boycott a business?  Like InBev (Bud Light), etc.?

Today’s laws are meant to protect Republicans and bind Democrats.

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1 hour ago, Chult86 said:

I can speak to this...

Had our first kid six months before COVID really became a thing. I was a Golf Pro at the time. My wife worked in admin for construction. We were both "Essential Workers" and stayed working through the entirety of the pandemic. Dealing with the general Publix during that time, let alone the Boomers... I'm still reeling from it. Golf Courses had to remain open, a window construction company needed to remain open. Not sure that the hell was "Essential" about either of those, but going to work every day hoping you don't bring home the virus to a baby, especially in the early days where we didn't know much about it and who was affected more severely.

We got to watch our friends take six or more months off, making more than we were from the increased unemployment. A pseudo... "break" in the grind that is adult life, while we just kept soldiering on. That is and was beyond exhausting. Couple that with ridiculous inflation from said virus and the worst management of a health crisis in modern history, and the fact that the American Dream has been dead for decades, oh and the fact that we're just subject to daily utter chaos since TFG is back in office, how are we not broken? I'm fucking tired, man.

I fully get the exhaustion, but what made people think that this con man was the answer?  That’s where I lose the track.  

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4 minutes ago, bolverk said:

TFG is slapping a 50% tariff on Canadian steel and aluminum. He goes on to say he'll kill their (and our) auto industry, along with continued threats to annex a peaceful, sovereign neighbor.

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I mean, I said before that it has risen to the level of "material risk," but it's now approaching "certainty" level: the US and Canada are heading for a shooting war.

Read that again, and stew on it: the US and Canada are heading for a shooting war.

It will be an illegal war, launched without congressional authorization.  And, it will expand, rapidly and disastrously.  Canada is part of the commonwealth - the UK will have no choice but to get involved.

There is one failsafe left: members of the US military remembering their duty, and refusing to follow illegal orders to attack Canada and kill Canadian troops and civilians.  Which will lead to an irrevocable crisis here at home - a split like that between the military and the POTUS cannot be mended.

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2 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

Do it motherfucker.  I hope you're vaporized in a cloud of LOx.

God has utterly forsaken us for the past decade.  This is His opportunity to come through for us.

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Just now, Brisketexan said:

I mean, I said before that it has risen to the level of "material risk," but it's now approaching "certainty" level: the US and Canada are heading for a shooting war.

Read that again, and stew on it: the US and Canada are heading for a shooting war.

It will be an illegal war, launched without congressional authorization.  And, it will expand, rapidly and disastrously.  Canada is part of the commonwealth - the UK will have no choice but to get involved.

There is one failsafe left: members of the US military remembering their duty, and refusing to follow illegal orders to attack Canada and kill Canadian troops and civilians.  Which will lead to an irrevocable crisis here at home - a split like that between the military and the POTUS cannot be mended.

Yeah, I read that Malcolm Nance assessment, too. Sounds fucking insane, yet here we are.

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Just now, Brisketexan said:

I mean, I said before that it has risen to the level of "material risk," but it's now approaching "certainty" level: the US and Canada are heading for a shooting war.

Read that again, and stew on it: the US and Canada are heading for a shooting war.

It will be an illegal war, launched without congressional authorization.  And, it will expand, rapidly and disastrously.  Canada is part of the commonwealth - the UK will have no choice but to get involved.

There is one failsafe left: members of the US military remembering their duty, and refusing to follow illegal orders to attack Canada and kill Canadian troops and civilians.  Which will lead to an irrevocable crisis here at home - a split like that between the military and the POTUS cannot be mended.

It's almost like something like this scenario would greatly help Putin.  America destroying itself from within and with its allies.  What a coincidence.  

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6 minutes ago, bolverk said:

TFG is slapping a 50% tariff on Canadian steel and aluminum. He goes on to say he'll kill their (and our) auto industry, along with continued threats to annex a peaceful, sovereign neighbor.

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14 hours ago, Gatorubet said:

They know the orange shithead is an angry toddler, and that he will respond with greater tariffs if poked. .    

Canada is smashing him in the nose, knowing full well that he will get off of his toilet, throw down his cell phone, and start throwing punches with his tiny doll hands at the things nearest to him, regardless of whether it is in his best interests to do so. 

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Just now, Gatorubet said:

 

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And the Canadian people need to understand that they are already at war with the US regime, and they need to be on a wartime footing.  That is going to involve some real pain, hardship, and sacrifice in the short to medium term.  But surrender/capitulation to a psychotic despot is not an option.

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Posted
7 hours ago, Gourmand said:

Sam Seder is a national treasure. I've been a huge fan of his since the Air America days and a subscriber at the Majority Report for years. He's the fucking GOAT of political commentary on YT. 

I watched some of it. I'd never heard of the man. I think he looks like a great introduction to politics and discourse. The format is entertaining which is required to hold attention. He argues well. The way he thinks is how things should operate in discussion about serious matters. Two thumbs up.

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7 hours ago, Gourmand said:

The fact those young idiots spent so much time whining about DEI without any sense of self-awareness in that room is just jaw-dropping amazing to me. The entire room was full of carefully culled stereotypes like an MTV Real World roundtable for GOP ding dongs. Hypocrisy is the literal lifeblood of Republican voters and loudmouth Trump supporters--I'm convinced they would spontaneously combust without it.

Real discouse heads toward a conclusion even if it's disagreement. The "republicans" shown and all over the place start from conclusion and move towards argument.

This is bad. I was told that. Now I must argue with people who are wrong about why it's bad. If they don't get it, that's on them because we all know it's bad.

Argument proof. Persuasion proof. It will, as many say here, take pain. They must keep touching the hot stove they worship until it's unbearable. Most will have to burn through flesh to the bone before it dawns on them that they do not have to keep burning their hands.

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Just now, RomaVicta said:

It will, as many say here, take pain. They must keep touching the hot stove the worship until it's unbearable. Most will have to burn through flesh to the bone before it dawns on them that they do not have to keep burning their hands.

It all comes down to this.

If you cannot convince someone with reason, the only path left is to convince them with pain.  And as stubbornly stupid as they are, it's going to take a LOT of pain.

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Posted
7 hours ago, Willfully Horn said:

Tax these fuckers on their wealth. They earn without declaring income.

Taxing them is the nicest of the options for what to do with them.

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4 hours ago, Thatguy said:

Naw man these people have only themselves to blame. It's not that they do no critical thinking, it's that they willfully wake up in the morning and allow themselves to be brainwashed by turning on Fox all day. My mother and father in law have that shit on all day, and then some radio show of its like if they are in the car. Consume consume consume. That's why when you argue with MAGA types, they always say "turn off the MSNBC/CNN". Every accusation is a confession.

You should always look at the root cause for why they chose the route they did. They were looking to validate the hatred they have for others and stumbled on right wing media which confirmed the thoughts they already had. We have to accept that about our loved ones. That's the glue of that community. Willful hatred.

At least with my family members it's not willful. They would not choose to be brainwashed.  They think Fox News is fair and balanced and accurate. They think NBC, NYT, CNN are liberal media and they are the ones who are spewing untruths.  I think they are prejudiced and racist, but that is because that's what they knew growing up and never questioned it enough to put it aside. Hell, I don't think they have the capacity to be introspective enough to know they harbor hate.  They would probably be shocked and hurt by the accusation.  No one is doing anything to disabuse them of their wrongful thinking.  There are a few family members, maybe 15% who know better, but none of us want to risk our relationships by trying to show them the error of their ways.

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1 minute ago, Im_smarter_then_you said:

 

Kind of ironic that liberals are Elon's main customers.  Now, he needs conservatives to *gasp* buy EVs

 

Me. With my VW:

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2 minutes ago, Bateshorn said:

JFC. we are absolutely going to end up in a shooting war with Canada. 

Look at the positives.  With Canada our 51st state I can finally buy property in Banff without being a Canadian citizen.  Then again, with Banff being part of the US we will probably turn it into Branson north and destroy why it's so great.  Then again, maple syrup may be cheaper in the future.  See, think positive!

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2 minutes ago, Beantown Express 2.0 said:

Look at the positives.  With Canada our 51st state I can finally buy property in Banff without being a Canadian citizen.  Then again, with Banff being part of the US we will probably turn it into Branson north and destroy why it's so great.  Then again, maple syrup may be cheaper in the future.  See, think positive!

Sweet Breakfast is Trash.  Be a fucking man and order the Biscuits and Gravy. 

 

My wife who is from Montana says the Canadian side of the border is very pretty, tho. 

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2 minutes ago, Beantown Express 2.0 said:

Look at the positives.  With Canada our 51st state I can finally buy property in Banff without being a Canadian citizen.  Then again, with Banff being part of the US we will probably turn it into Branson north and destroy why it's so great.  Then again, maple syrup may be cheaper in the future.  See, think positive!

I AM thinking positive.  Think of it this way: in the coming war of US v. Canada, you can think of it negatively (a US war of conquest against Canada) or positively (a Canadian war of liberation for the US).

I'll be just fine living in the Canadian-occupied US.  We'll need some global help with reconstruction (a new Marshall plan), that sort of stuff.  I'll happily work to assist those efforts in conjunction with our liberators.

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