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Goredho

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  1. You bought your grandkid a (very) short scale bass?
  2. Yeah, wish that Albuquerque gig was Santa Fe, that's only 2.5 hours away.
  3. Not sure this is the right place, but we discussed his illness here, so... You can't keep a good Stray Cat down. It's been five months since Brian Setzer revealed that he had an autoimmune disease that prevented him from playing guitar. But on July 28, the Stray Cats announced that all three original members (Setzer, Lee Rocker and Slim Jim Phantom) would be heading out on the road for a cross-country tour. https://parade.com/news/stray-cats-fall-2025-tour
  4. Lol, I can't keep up with the deluge of interrogation. Anyway, as posted previously: Gotta get some things done, you all can keep debating ad nauseam the Democrat strategery for how to reprogram voters so they ignore their household economics and vote for the lesser of two evil social-issue candidates
  5. No. Are you seriously going to be stuck in a loop of infinite recursion asking me this over and over when I am plainly stating that Democrats will lose my vote if they want to swing hard left and truly become what the right has successfully advertised them as?
  6. If the Democratic Party takes as leftward a turn as the Republican Party has taken rightward, I'm out, and that's what it sounds like many are advocating in this thread. I don't see leaning into the culture wars from a leftward perspective as easing the rancor in any way. I see it having the opposite effect. I kinda like the centrist D party of the 90s. It was actually probably the best governance of my lifetime at the federal level. It's ok, I am perfectly fine being politically homeless and not supporting either party until I see some people who are both moderate and effective at the helm of one or the other. There is certainly no moderation in the Republican Party, and there is no effectual strategy within the Democratic Party, so... But hey, I can be won back by either side. That's the beauty of being a centrist. I really don't give a shit if you have an R or a D by your name. Convince me you are part of the solution vs part of the problem and you can have my vote. Or don't, and you'll have to find somewhere else to get my +1.
  7. *shrugs* It's ok, I've been lost. I have no faith anymore in either party. If someone gives me something worthy of my belief and energy, I'll believe in it. They have not as previously described, so... :shrugs: Also, it's a ternary choice. R, D or stay home.
  8. I couldn't disagree more, but hey, maybe the dems will do what you say and maybe they'll be successful losing people like myself.
  9. I figured no one would like my post But many of the ideas in this thread boil down to, "How do we manipulate voters into doing what we want?" That sounds an awful lot like a certain cult I know. I understand that it may feel like the only option left, but realize that you are erecting and joining your own cult. Yay, team? I would rather see Dems consider, "How do we bring ourselves more into alignment with the concerns of the majority of voters and get them to understand that we have done it?" My overcomplicated post is really just focusing solely on economic populism and effectively reaching voters with that platform. It's not unlike your suggestion, but without making up vile shit. You don't have to make anything up if you can effectively target and talk to the economically pained US voter about their pain and how what you are going to do about it will be better than what the oligarchs are doing about it. Give them nothing else to make their decision on, nothing else for the opposition to use against you. That's ALL you stand for -- helping the most U.S. citizens as possible live lives free of financial distress. It's should be soooo easy, and yet... it hasn't been done. Why? Ineptitude? A void of strategic vision? Dems also being in bed with and dependent on the billionaires? Fear of all the rednecks with guns who would just as soon vote from the rooftops as ballot box? Some ratio of all of the above? Those questions are why I've transitioned from crusader to apathetic observer. The fundamental flaw in this thread is stated in its title. "Dem strategery". The only effective strategy I see on display from Dems is, "How can we lose ridiculously without the majority of our base coming to the conclusion that we are fucking ridiculous?"
  10. Dems first have to develop strategeries to avoid chronic rake stepping. Then they need to develop strategeries to avoid screaming "white privilege" into the faces of poor white people who are a paycheck away from homelessness. Then they need to develop strategeries to quit alienating young men while promoting equality. Then they need to develop strategeries to reconnect with and listen to working class people. They need to develop strategeries to avoid social issues while focusing on economic ones that benefit the bell curve of Americans. They need to develop strategeries for how to connect with rural America and make them feel included in Democratic governance. They need to develop strategeries for how to make people who are no longer consuming traditional media aware of these efforts. And then, for the love of God, they need to develop strategeries for how to not nominate fatally flawed Presidential candidates that a majority of voters are going to reject for a cataloupe. In short, Dems have driven many people to "the cult." They need to develop strategeries to stop that, first.
  11. Overall, 80+ percent of Republicans hold a somewhat or very favorable view of Trump. Meanwhile, here’s how the alternative to Trump is polling generally among adults. I mean, I hope you are right. I just feel like when all is said and done, MAGA voters are going to largely get back behind Trump.
  12. We need a "You poor bastard" emoji.
  13. I'm not sure "democratic party" isn't just fatally toxic as a brand at this point.
  14. All these educated journalists and psychologists with such keen insight into the inner workings of the MAGA psyche and what is or isn't a bridge too far.
  15. I kinda feel the same way about this as I do the white's only community of racists that have sequestered themselves into a compound in the middle of no-where Arkansas. WHAT!? You are saying I could be wrongfully slandered and removed from the pool of potential mates for women who would use an app to slander men they've dated?
  16. That's Marjorie Taylor Robbie </no-cr>
  17. Until someone wants to be the Jackie Robinson of Aryan, Arkansas, it's just some goofballs with a commune and a desire to be known. I mean, they engaged a reporter. So they could look into a camera and say, "You are not welcome here." Who's the "You"? I saw no lines of non-white people looking to integrate into their community of "Deliverance" LARPers. These guys are thirsting for relevance, maybe to attract like minded people, maybe to normalize the concept, maybe to provoke a response that gives them increased notoriety or makes them martyrs. They are just desperate for attention. Why give it to them? By all means, go and enjoy your shanty town of racial purity. You can call it Utopia. I'll call it the Aryan nation reservation. Moving on...
  18. Goredho

    Ozzy has passed.

    The AI art of the Prince of Darkness ascending to heaven is a bit much, but this made me grin. I think Ozzy would appreciate it.
  19. I can't decide if I like #OzarkAlcatraz or #NutriaAlcatraz better. Someone help me out.
  20. Prove it.
  21. We live in the fucking boonies and have StarLink. It's undergoing a major outage right now. It had been literally flawless the last 10 months. https://www.reuters.com/technology/starlink-says-it-is-experiencing-network-outage-2025-07-24/
  22. When Vince McMahon kicks it, that’s when the AI welcome to Heaven memes will be truly funny.
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