Everything posted by wild_turkey
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Trump’s El Salvador Gulag
Is it possible for any of the prisoners to get a voucher and get upgraded to a $34k/month prison that also teaches them about the Ten Commandments?
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Marriage / Relationships
Nothing you described sounds like the marriage is completely beyond hope, so counseling seems like the obvious answer. Sometimes things just get off track and y’all have had some hard shit to deal with. Does she sense that something is lacking? You need to have some straight conversations with each other, and let her know in a non-accusatory way that you want to improve things. Tell her you care about her and your combined happiness and the wellbeing of your family, and ask if she’s open to counseling.
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Tracking Trump Administration and Cabinet picks
- Trump’s America
As a parent of a young child, I worry about that on a daily basis. We’ve worked hard to build a good life for ourselves and provide a good future for our kid here, but maybe that was all for naught. I’m constantly doing the mental calculus on what it would mean to start from scratch in new country. Leave our family and friends, give up our jobs, our home, everything that’s ever been considered normal to us. How bad does American life have to get before pulling that ripcord? I’m angry about the open oppression of minorities, immigrants, and trans people. I’m angry that our president talks about claiming Greenland by any means necessary and tries to rewrite history about Putin’s war on Ukraine. I’m angry that the orange man thinks tariffs are a viable economic strategy. I’m angry that education and medicine and science and the rule of law are under attack. I’m angry that our congress has rolled over and does nothing to slow the power grab of the executive branch. As bad as those things are, what really concerns me is the possibility of economic ruin, civil war, revolution, or just the general idea that America has forsaken its values. That’s not a future I want for my child. It blows my mind that I have to worry about that, but here we are.- The Texpatriates Thread
I actually appreciate it and those houses look nice.- Texas -- a failed state
I would say something along the lines of “the world needs Christian ditch diggers,” except that I’m starting to think the entire country will be in anarchy and civil war by that point, so maybe I shouldn’t lose too much sleep over school vouchers. A $10k voucher is meaningless when Trump runs Powell out and replaces him with a sycophant that drives inflation up and eggs cost $192/dozen. It’s like worrying about the wine offerings as the Titanic is sinking. The priority should be finding a life boat or anything that might float.- Texas -- a failed state
Is there any language about what types of private schools can qualify for the voucher funds? We are currently watching Harvard, one of the most prestigious private academic institutions in the history of the world, battle our federal government for its future due to not sharing Trump’s values. Once the Texas state government, which aspires to be as MAGA as possible, starts making payments to private K-12 schools, does anyone really think those schools will remain in control of their own curriculum and values?- Trump’s El Salvador Gulag
Once the Trump administration ships enough good folks down to El Salvador, we’ll be able to start a new movement and Make El Salvador Great Again. It won’t matter what happens to America because all the dissenters will be part of MESGA.- Trump’s America
So now the Trump administration is withholding $2.2B in funding to Harvard? I fully expect the next step is to revoke the visa for every international student and faculty member.- Trump’s America
I wanted to watch the 60 Minutes piece but also wanted an anxiety-free Sunday night so it’s saved for tomorrow. But now I’m even more excited. It feels like we’re watching a crazy person come completely unhinged, and unfortunately, that crazy person is currently our president. He’s a bully picking fights with anyone and everyone and eventually he’s going to find himself on the losing end of things.- The Masters 2025
What an incredible finish. Happy for Rory.- The Masters 2025
- Trump’s America
It’s a shame that Trump’s buddy Bryson got such high tariffs on his putting game today.- Tariff wars, they have began
- The Masters 2025
This is going to be a fun day.- Trump’s El Salvador Gulag
It would just be nice to live in a world where leaders could recognize a mistake and make a good faith effort on both sides to reunite this man with his wife and autistic son. I think every presidential administration in history would do that until now. Trump could get a big PR win out of returning him home but they won’t do that because it undermines their effort to instill fear, which is one of the goals. If this family ever gets reunited, they need to immediately look for a better country to flee to. Change names 3 times and become cattle ranchers in New Zealand.- Trump’s America
Maybe Greg Abbott could also give the Greenlanders some private school* vouchers using Texas property taxes. *private school must not engage in antisemitism, DEI, or acknowledge any ideological values that don’t align with white Christian nationalism- Trump’s America
So the same people who decided a legal immigrant was part of MS-13 because he wore a Chicago Bulls hoodie will now be deciding which social media posts constitute antisemitism and therefore worthy of going to El Salvador? What’s next? Facial recognition to figure out who attends an anti-Trump rally?- Fort Worth is exploding
The surprising thing is that they stayed open close to 2 years.- The Amazing Race 37
The Dubai leg was pretty cool. Would’ve liked to see all the teams do the scuba challenge, but it was still good. I liked Pops and Jeff and was sad to see them go. Old man is ripped. Hesitating for that train was a fatal mistake. I actually like all of the remaining teams except Jonathan and Ana.- The Amazing Race 37
That was a great season. It also had the NFL cheerleaders and Mallory/Gary. Lots of fun teams. Didn’t Kynt/Vixen drive about 2 hours the wrong direction when they got eliminated? Like record time for being horribly lost in TAR history. They were a pretty bad team that somehow managed to avoid elimination longer than they should’ve, kinda like the Hillbillies in their season.- The Amazing Race 37
Not only were they in first, but they had assigned 25 lbs to their 3 biggest competitors, and only 15 lbs to themselves. Getting to the Driver’s Seat first should’ve all but guaranteed winning the leg without extra help.- The Amazing Race 37
If Jonathan and Ana had not foolishly burned their Express Pass when they were easily in first place, they could have used it in this leg where he struggled, no?- Tariff wars, they have began
If tariffs are the way to bring manufacturing back the U.S. and Make America Great Again, then why are we delaying the path to our own greatness? Why wait 90 days when we could start becoming great again today?- The Amazing Race 37
Exactly this. Jonathan is awful. Ana seems decent. He starts saying his body was breaking down and it was like he couldn’t even function. What in the hell did he think happened to him during the coral challenge when other teams seemed just fine? The way Ana was talking makes it seem like his breakdowns are a somewhat common occurrence. This was clearly not her first time watching him do that and you could tell she was walking on eggshells to avoid upsetting him more. Even her “Come on babe” encouragement was met with “Stop saying that.” Their post race interview was very telling as well. Hers talked about how they help each other with struggles. His was all about himself - “I can compete with anyone here”, “This is not how I pictured my race,” etc. No credit to his wife at all, just me and I. Total egomaniac. He’s clearly abusive and she needs to leave him. They separated once but she should make it permanent. - Trump’s America
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