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Nice Guy Eddie

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  1. 100%. Its like the voter ID issue. It's not about stopping illegally cast ballots, which honesty is not opposed by most on the left. The Right wants to stop as much voting as possible by groups who both vote Democrat and are less likely to have valid IDs.
  2. Ugh, Dems are making similar mistakes in the Maine race against Susan Collins, assuming she runs again in '26. https://www.yahoo.com/news/article/janet-mills-joins-maine-senate-race-to-unseat-susan-collins-setting-up-a-high-stakes-generational-clash-in-the-democratic-primary-220241803.html The Dem primary is shaping up against the current Maine governor vs a more populist oyster fisherman/ex-military who has the endorsement of Bernie and other Dems. The biggest red flag of the governor is that she's 77 and would be 79 years old when taking the senate seat, the oldest freshman senator ever. The ex-military guy is much younger but previously labeled himself a communist on online posts and called cops bastards. While the left might like some of his comments, it doesn't help in the general election. Taking Collins' seat is a must for the Dems.
  3. There seems to be a growing belief from the religious right that women shouldn't be allowed to vote because their man (father and later husband) should vote/speak for the household. Women in other situations should be discounted as not mattering. I have zero understanding if this is an extreme fringe in the low, low single %ages or not. Then you also have a larger but overlapping opinion from some in the right that poor people shouldn't vote since they're "takers." And I'm defining poor from their definitions as someone who pays little to zero in federal income taxes. These opinions conveniently ignore FICA, sales, property or fees as taxes even the poor person may pay a higher overall tax/fee burden as a percent of their income/wealth.
  4. That would be an interesting trip to explore the St Joseph Island beach. Not quite as daunting as exploring all of Padre Island but definitely a trip that few have made.
  5. Zero idea of the context and background of the video, or even if it's real but it wouldn't shock me that that we're getting worse and worse teachers as the right pushes educated (left indoctrinated in their eyes) teachers out of the classroom. Then add fundamental religious or Andrew Tate opinions to the new teachers, which results in teachers in this video, whether its real or not.
  6. Venezuela has the large oil reserves in the world (about 20% higher than even Saudi Arabia.) Given Venezuela's political structure, I assume the reserves are entirely owned by the state. Venezuela would make a great US owned territory with the Trump Oil Company given the rights to extract the oil.
  7. GWB was effectively handed a balanced budget, at least close to it, and he decided to give everyone a tax cut. I don’t think we will ever get close to one again.
  8. If he doesn't receive a special Nobel Peace Prize, Trump is going to attack with carrier and air forces. Preferably against countries that can't do anything about it.
  9. Just remember that Mike Johnson is the Speaker and second in line for the Presidency because Matt Gaetz was upset that Kevin McCarthy was not stopping the underage sex investigation of Gaetz.
  10. sounds like a lucky bet, and I doubt that person's name rhymes with Derek Drump.
  11. Funny how the right stopped talking about the assassin being a leftist.
  12. The whole attitude of "break things, disrupt to achieve change" is great when the only one that can be hurt is you. When you're playing with jobs and lives of millions, it's not that easy. There is also a tendency of some high achievers to blame others for not being high achievers, as if its some personal flaw. I recently watched a Nick Saban video from the past where he criticized mediocrity, and slammed high achievers if they put up with mediocre people around them. Think about what the average person achieves (or doesn't achieve) and then realize that half of the public is below that level. It's great if we can continue to grow technology to improve efficiency but we also need to decide how are we assist people who will fall behind. The Ayn Rand crowd isn't ok with the homeless camping on sidewalks so whats the solution.
  13. I've been saying this for years. While I believe some truly feel very patriotic and emotional at these times, I can tell others use it for virtue signaling. I had one acquaintance who would use the anthem at game to effectively only identify who she thought was unpatriotic because they didn't remove their hat. And then she would yell at them and fume at them for the entire game. It was very odd. csb, but I've only seen one man intentionally not remove his hat during the anthem at games. I've probably shared it here. He served it the military and was badly injured in Afghanistan. I think he deserved the right to make the hat decision, and f anyone who judged him on it.
  14. Always impressive how some Admins will hire seemingly unqualified people to visible positions. Which then gives them immediate qualifications to hold even higher jobs. This woman could be the WH's press secretary within months if whats her face leaves for any reason.
  15. I would recommend not bringing your mobile phone to a No Kings protest. If possible bring a new burner phone so you can take videos/photos and then toss the phone before getting home. I wouldn't give the feds the opportunity to identify that you're there and perhaps hack into your phone. At the very least they could id that your phone is there and then start tracking any and everything you do on that phone in the future. They already label anyone going to the rally as a potential terrorist so no reason to give them evidence that you might be one. I would also wear non-descript clothing with a ballcap and shades to make it less likely to identify me. I'm sure that I will get at least one reply with f-off and that you're not afraid of the govt, but why make the fascists job easier?
  16. In that Douthat interview, when Thiel was asked if he preferred that humans endured in an AI world, he hesitated and never answered the question. I think he eventually said he was ok if humans survived. Peter - don't go too far out on a limb there to express your humanity. you can't tell me for a second that Thiel isn't uploading his thoughts in an AI LLM. Not in a physical sense from Tron or some other procedure, but via interviews and consuming other content that he's created. Then not only could this allow Thiel AI to endure past his natural life, but legally pursue a method to allow his AI to control his wealth from beyond the grave.
  17. This is what I see as most likely case. Palestine people will have limited rights, high unemployment, occupied by others, and limitations on economic and migration opportunities. I agree that state is better than bombs being dropped on them and being starved. I fail to see how the situation is fundamentally much better with an Arab occupying force than an Israeli one. I get the optics and perhaps Palestinians might feel better about their oppression but that is a small victory.
  18. forgive me if I'm skeptical of any Palestinian-Israel peace agreement. Seems like we go through this every 15-30 years. The strategy this time seems to be to agree on something like hostage releases in the hopes that more agreements will follow. Spoiler alert: they won't.
  19. Yeah. Since so much of the House is in a solid district for themselves, it won't be difficult to find someone who will accept something in return. Or they're retiring next year which is even more suspicious.
  20. Peterson and others in the so-called intellectual dark web, got to the point where they must be more and more controversial to makes headlines, get invites to shows/podcasts, and ultimately support their lifestyle. They also always go way outside any field of expertise that they have. I imagine that Peterson would have a opinion about any topic most likely supporting a far right viewpoint even if he has zero training or knowledge on it. I know he's claimed that he also has very liberal opinions but its funny that he only mentions that when he's trying to document his credibility of being non-partisan. He will inventory his liberal stances in a single sentence. Then proceed to pontificate for hours on non-liberal ideas.
  21. I applaud the release of hostages and fighting cessation but what exactly is the long term deal that has been struck? Aren't both sides still locked in an unattainable position, and most likely just kicking the can down the road when both sides will be larger and more dug into their positions?
  22. Even when she's sworn in, johnson or the Admin will find a reason that they can't release the files. Even going to the point of paying/coercing one of the victims to sue to keep the files sealed.
  23. I get that but it’s not like the city is going to get better without more money.
  24. Peterson has a history of seeking out unorthodox medical treatments. He pursued being put into a coma during his anti-anxiety drug addiction treatments. He couldn’t find a western doctor/hospital willing to put him into a coma so he went to Russia for an 8-day coma. I’m guessing that is not a normal treatment method.
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