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i didn't draw the bullshit district, i just live here in south austin.

lol chip roy, my fucking representative, standing on his principles for jim jordan!

the democrats are openly laughing at the republicans. seriously, if that isn't enough to shame the trumpies, i'm not sure anything can. were they just chanting "be strong?"

now this...i don't know. i might overdose already, it's not a done thing, but i'm close. this would do it.

that's the thing most folks are missing. it's not close. these votes are supposed to be bespoke deals. they are done before they are called. this is a major fuck up in the republican party that they themselves have stoked. it's kind of incredible. i wouldn't believe it written in a novel. it's too bullshit.

nobody can, and they all know it. problem is that mccarthy has promised everything to everyone and the minority knows his acquiescence is bullshit, because he is bullshit. that's why this is so entertaining. he sold his soul for this, so much so that principles don't really matter any longer. well, promises made, fucker. there are a hell of a lot more than 19 republicans that don't believe him. this will be interesting.

problem is, we all knew one thing: one of them was going to be goddamned right in the end, that's for sure.

a determined, never wrong, yet distracted lawyer vs a flabbergasted, never wrong, "the math is right, though" statistician? who would've predicted this could happen?

remember this: it's never about what they can accomplish. it's about what they can prevent from being accomplished. it's really that simple. if they are in a position to obstruct something, anything, they will, because fuck you. usually i respect that kind of fuck you equanimity, but in this case it's pretty destructive in a non-constructive way.

that's the whole fucking deal. like recognizes like. he caved to them spinelessly, ergo, they don't respect him for being spineless and they don't like him, and they are doing it because they can. that's the most important thing to understand about trump hardliners. they are fucking with shit because they can.

could you imagine a democratic speaker of a republican house for even one hour? jesus mary

fuckin a right i had one call this morning before the vote, and now i'm fucking transfixed. it's amazing watching a self-immolation coincide with a defenestration. all the best westerns have em.

it's more than the fact that no one likes maccarthy, i think. i mean, that's true, but i don't think it's the only thing. it's that mccarthy has the reek of desperation around him. matt gaetz said it on the fucking house floor, "he's sold shares of himself." fucking ironic coming from such a scumbag, but there it is. the thing is, everyone knows mccarthy wants to be the speaker. he wants it more than anything else. clearly he wants it more than his own integrity. and ultimately, and not without some irony, this is what is biting him in the ass. he was milquetoast af republican miller lite bullshit who would do whatever it took to secure a leadership position. then along comes trump and his merry band of losers and mccarthy is fucking confused. but that doesn't last long, his mental math starts again, and he calculates he needs trump so he starts bending over for the man. he'd give him anything to placate him. he'd give up his integrity itself to prove to trump that he was loyal, even though he wasn't. so he sold out to the trump wing of the party. this is why we don't negotiate with terrorists. republicans negotiated with their terrorists. good luck with that. terrorists like to blow everything up when they don't get their way. mccarthy hoisted himself on his own blind ambition.

fanfuckingtastic question

yeah, but it's so blatantly transparent. shit, i would believe toranaga didn't want the shogunate more than i would believe that jordan doesn't want to be speaker.

maybe. maybe not. i don't know that those votes are his to whip

yeah, i heard the same thing. basically, death by 10s of cuts one at a time. i don't know how long they can sustain this, but i'm loving every minute of it. reap the fucking whirlwind, mccarthy. you deserve this. you made this.

yes. this episode fucking kills me. another show i loved growing up was good times. i don't think it gets enough credit for being as genre bending as it was. anyways there's a neighbor girl who confides to the daughter she's being abused by her mother with an iron. burned. anyways the daughter wrestles with it but eventually tells mama who goes in to save the day and...the family has moved out. gone. forever. fuck that one hit me hard at 6 years old or so.

yeah, you big idiots. /aguywhoboughtgmeat$250andstillownsit it's truly bizarre how he conned so many.

immamac should 100% respond on this thread with elon twitter answers. "interesting." "we'll look into that" "we have the largest political forum in the great state of texas" that sort of thing would take this thread to 11

glad we got to the bottom of that. sidenote: my wife is related to a guy who worked on that bbq throwdown show. of course, it's mostly bullshit, and flay is a prima donna who couldn't mix with the help, but apparently jet tila was cool af

fuck's sake, slorch. you go so far out of your way to make villains, it's pathological. like, i don't know how you get through your day.

i just think people minimize the help they get and maximize their own personal achievements. it's easy to do and you see it all the time. this example of essentially "free capital" is a perfect case. yeah, it got paid back, but what it you didn't have access to it in the first place? you'd be stuck. and a lot of people are currently stuck like that. without help from my mom, i'm not in my house currently. this is not to say i didn't work hard to pay off debt, build a career, put my wife through grad school, blahblahblah yeah, all that happened. could it have happened without help? yes. 10 years from now. also read: never. im not ashamed, i'm fortunate. my mom worked hard. she wants top pay that forward. that's fine. i feel no shame accepting help. when you need it, you need it. when it can be....helpful, take the fucking help. it's not charity. even if it is, take the help and fucking pay it forward. if you did or do not have the chance to accept help - don't kid yourself. you've had help; and you would accept more if it was available. i have friends who have probably WAY more help than i do. i don't know, nor do i care. none of the people i know are deadbeats, and neither am i. we all work hard and have made sacrifice after sacrifice for our kids and families - things that cannot be measured in dollars. i do know i couldn't be friends with a deadbeat. i have empathy for days, but if you ain't at least trying, i have zero time for you.