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  1. 1 minute ago, Hermanator said:

    Is veteran's day ringing extremely hollow for anyone else? 

    It's always been a day of remembering both of my grand fathers who were in WW2. But today it just feels empty. Lipstick on a pig while trying to pretend the civilization they fought for isn't demented and warped beyond repair. 

    Even my brother in law who is an Iraq/Afghanistan veteran and otherwise non political said it all feels kind of meaningless now with all the hatred. 

    Short answer yes.

    My kid had school today. We historically called family friends that served to thank them. A lot are now just dead, and I probably didn't want to hear them all excited about the new term.  It's exhausting.

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  2. 8 minutes ago, Pancho said:

    Rubio to be SoS

    I'm glad we are getting to see in real time the craven garbage that will suck the orange mushroom after being humiliated by him.  I suppose this pick could be worse. Lil Marco is looking post Trump and might want to have a marginally inhabitantable planet to operate his next failed campaign on.

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  3. 47 minutes ago, Pancho said:

    Wasn’t uncouth, was awesome that your wife comes from that area.

    The variety of friendships she has is awesome and its a great climate to escape to,  I would Not wish anyone to get on her bad side.  She will punch you in the fucking face and she doesn't suffer fools much especially if you are an entitled white dude. She ain't having it.

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  4. 2 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

    So instead of accepting that they might need to work harder in the face of stiff competition, they voted for people they thought would just deport the competition. How American of them. 

    We always pull the ladder. And then the next group does a well.  It's one of our cornerstone unwavering principles.  Scots, or Germans, Or Italians Poles Irish Mexicans, Vietnamese...

     

    "I'm American as anyone from Tennessee".   That scene from Lonesome Dove was casually masterful at showing working class uneducated thought process.  It's stuck with me.  They all worked together, died for eachother but carried serious views of thier own superiority despite the close relationships.

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  5. 16 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

    Yep.  Which is why messaging needs to be sent with "what would a stupid, vindictive person voting against their own interests do?" in mind.  Any winning electoral strategy has to find sufficient groups to shit on.  Because the message of "hey, maybe we shouldn't hate people, maybe we should all poor oars and try to succeed together" is pussy loser talk.  "Elect me, and I'll crush those Flemish bastards who are stealing all of your beloved pet weasels" or whatnot is the only winning approach.

    Unify against, not for.  It's the only play.

    That's why immigration policy gets more and more fucked; they can't vote so fuck em.  And they might not vote for me so relegate them to so lower cast were they pay into our economy and tax system without guaranteed benefits in return. And a spectre of fear of deportations daily.

    I have a friend that loves fishing and I really want to take down to the coast on my boat.  He's to scared.

    We met in 2003.  Thats not a functioning system.

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  6. 1 minute ago, Brisketexan said:

    Yeah.....my daughter and her friends are pretty boldly responding "your cock, my Glock."

    Misogynist men are emboldened as fuck (and why wouldn't they be?  We just elected a sexual predator president (I mean....he actually brags about it), and the mouthpieces around him are often as bad or worse).  They are openly threatening and taunting women in public and online -- emboldened by the election of DJT.  But emboldened shitheels, acting purposefully to terrorize half the population, well....that will SURELY end well.

     

    Good for her.

    I can see our gender war only worsening.  If I'm a woman I'm going to be real particular about selecting a partner in an world where I can't get adequate healthcare or justice.  Why risk getting raped or impregnated by some lame Jabroni with no empathy, social skills or class.  Men were already prone to violence, infedility and complusive decisions.  And we tend to be gross.  I might earn more than him way because I work harder, am more organized, and not lazy.  Why fucking bother unless he's a perfect fit and a 10 of 10 in all ways. 

    The male youths are fucking stupid inherently and always way developmentally behind thier peers. And the are just digging in deeper with toxicity.

    In High School I supported the chick's who were pushing Amnesty Intl or Abortion rights because I like and respect women. Sure I had selfish horny reasons.  These kids are flying Trump flags at football games.  I'd absolutely tell my daughter to avoid those assholes; even if they joke about Trump for the Lulz; it's a stupid move. Have fun being Incel.

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  7. 2 hours ago, High Plains Drifter said:

     

    There will be no truce. 

     

     

    I mean they are out dunking on everyone, double birding in our face and threatening our women openly.

    That's a problem.

    My wife is organizing a self defense class for women in the area.

    She lived in Oakland, and i don't mean the Berkely part, I mean crackhead Oakland. We've traveled to many countries, taken public transportation late at night, and seen some shit. She's tough and street smart.

    Now she's concerned for her safety in fucking West Austin

    Great job everyone; hope you're happy. Enjoy the Oligarchy.

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  8. 19 minutes ago, Longhorn94 said:

    a lot of those guys are construction workers and they think they will be able to charge more when all the illegals are deported... as if people are suddenly going to be able to pay more out of their pockets. I think there is a name for that but it escapes me....

    I read an article today where they interviewed day laborers at Hom Dipo.  They were all for Trump because he would only deport the bad people and then they would have more work.  One guy that had citizenship voted for Trump. Lucky bastard got on board the boat last year with citizenship and pulled the old ladder up real quick.

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  9. On 11/7/2024 at 8:47 PM, 956 Worldwide said:

    Thanks, @InkaUtexas for tagging me.  I know I’ve dipped from this thread.  This might be my last post in here. 
     

    In early March 2022 I was in deep southeastern Poland.  So deep that it wasn’t always really Poland. I was there with the grandmas and the kids with cats in their arms and the moms trying to carry all their luggage.  I caught my first case of COVID in a World Central Kitchen outpost. 
     

    I really haven’t left there and every day since has brought Ukraine to me. 
     

    This is true: Ukraine is heading towards a loss in this war, whether faster or slower.  I did not say that Russia will win, but Ukraine is heading for a loss. That is where the road heads.  Ukraine is smaller, Russia is bigger, and Putin wants Ukraine to lose more than we want it to win.  It’s a math equation now.
     

    I have never been more proud of being an American than I was in March 2022 but since the about the summer of 2023, all that has been whittled away down to nothing.  2022 was the purest test of whether America wanted to be America since 1941.  We failed. Many of us don’t want to be America anymore, and many of those who want to be America are not brave enough to actually do it.  I don’t know who makes me angrier, except maybe myself. 
     

    The Poles and the Balts and the Czechs are better Americans than we are but they just don’t have enough.  Sometimes only America can be America.  
     

    This has consumed my life for almost 1000 days, and it will continue to consumer it until it ends one way or another.  I’ll keep at it, but I can’t look at my Ukrainian friends in the eyes anymore and I can’t write about it anymore. 

    Thanks for fighting the good fight.

    I'm ready to pivot to helping some force for good somewhere.

    It's time to rock the boat and punch a few bastards.

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  10. 3 hours ago, Gatorubet said:

    if you think that agreeing with the Cheaneys that January 6 was treason Is the reason Kamala lost the election, you are a bigger idiot than I think you are.  And if by some magic you are actually correct, then certainly our country deserves to become known as the shit hole of all shit holes with the stupidest population of voting public in the world. 

    I’ve had a lot of time to think about it and I’ve come to the conclusion that America needs a deep long depression with massive human suffering and misery so that even the stupidest people will eventually be able to open their eyes and see the things that are important.   When you can’t feed your family, owning libs is less important -  then you might listen to a progressive.    Everyone is too stupid and happy right now to worry about anyone but themselves in the most superficial fashion.   Fortunately, Trump is about to fix that.

    Except when times are tough people get angry and blame others.

    People were angry about a couple of transgender people playing sports. It was a largely ginned up issue.  Like seriously why does it even matter? Let them live thier life ffs.

     

    It's only going to get worse. Trump isn't going to just hurt marginalized groups; he's going to hurt his supporters and they will be very angry but it will not be directed at him, they will double down hate and blame on anyone they can.

    Families have been ripped apart and silos are thus more fortified.

     

    Shits going to suck 

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  11. 24 minutes ago, bad_teammate said:

    I've been alive too long to buy into this emo shit about the human race. We are vast; we contain multitudes.

    Very few of the grown-ups who voted for the Shitpile did so because they genuinely wanted to hurt someone. Did a few/ten thousand of the dumbass Gen Z'ers who have no life experience or perspective so they think owning people is a legitimate way of life? Sure. But Grandpa Trump-lover is far more ignorant than he is malevolent and he's often very easy to bring on side (in terms of interpersonal positivity, not voting liberal) with love, affection, and non-judgmental outreach. If winning is the goal, of course.

    You didn't answer the question.  Unlike my wife I'm treating the other side with kindness. I'm taking an old ass hard R evangelical client fishing next week. Im going to be kind and show him a good time.  I'm walking a lonely high road in real life.  But how do you counter our selfish instincts plus a coordinated push from foreign adversaries that we did zero about plus our fucked media. Siloing  more isn't the way, what is?

     

  12. Just now, bad_teammate said:

    It's far more rational, given historical perspective and basic reasoning, than assuming the pothole ahead is actually a chasm. It could be one, sure, but that's not the pattern and there's nothing purposeful that comes from embracing irrational fears.

    But we're too reliant on metaphor here, the reality of what we need to do is build bridges towards the people we need to vote with us to get the things we want enacted. Dismissing the vast swathe of American voters as irredeemable isn't emotionally soothing right now, but it's dumb both in terms of practice and in terms of accurately reading the world. People aren't evil, by and large, but they are dumb and easily swayed.

    So let's sway them.

    How without being evil, because people are not motivated through kindness.  We are insanely selfish, tribal and vindictive. Especially when times get tough.

  13. 15 minutes ago, pacman said:

    Speaking of truce, can we all agree the Russian interference and disinformation in this country is out of control? Highlighted by 100s of bomb threats from Russia at polling stations on Tuesday. Highlighted by influencers being paid by Russia to spread lies in the USA 

    That can't happen.

    Is that an agreeable stance for all?

    R assholes: fake news

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  14. Just now, Frank Drebin said:

    What do you think Trump is going to do to your lesbian friends?  I’m genuinely interested.  

    If they are unlucky enough to get stuck alone with, I'd imagine he'd grab them by the pussies like he has bragged about doing, because he's a star. 

    Women feel less safe and for good reason. Christian men Should want a leader that isn't out sexually assaulting women- it's a pretty low bar.

    Don't even get me started on shitting on the trans community.

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  15. 37 minutes ago, CTC2 said:

    For me, I don’t think the fence can be mended.  My anger comes not from policy but how I can’t understand why people are so willingly able to turn over their future to a guy who has none of the character traits that I thought we valued as a country.  The idea that anyone can be President is the offshoot of this craziness that “I’m not going to believe scientists and do my own research” type crap. We have a problem valuing expertise and we are about to experience the impact of that. 
    It is true that I don’t agree with GOP policies in general, but I can set that aside. 
    May main problem with my fellow Americans is that while they are willing to take a chance on their future with Trump, I am not.  I cannot understand how anyone would feel like he was in this to improve their lives.   Even in my own life, I find that the Trump supporters are typically very low information voters and either have the wrong information or none at all. 
    We are going to experience some things over the next four years.  I’m taking the Red Hat approach that I am going protect me and mine and I can’t worry about anything else because I am powerless to change it. 
    I’m super resentful that this is where things are. 
    Trump and the people that will surround him are not good people. They are there for power and grift.  How people don’t care more about that is beyond me. 
    I can’t forgive it. We have the greatest country and economy in the world and to take a chance like this is reckless and irresponsible.  After all, 40% of NC voted for the nazi porn guy. WTF is wrong with us?

    This my exact feeling to roll the dice for That guy.

    And to look your female friends or gay friends in the eye and just boldly state "fuck your feelings."

    Its mean, cruel, shallow and selfish. 

    I'm doing a project for two wonderful lesbians who both give back with thier careers and through volunteering to help Texans everyday and Texans loudly said Fuck You.

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  16. 1 hour ago, ulukinatme said:

    If you keep going through life refusing to listen to the other side, or you see yourself as better than them, you'll never understand why this election was lost.

    The election was lost because a bunch of assholes voted and thier voted counts just as much as mine and we are a country full of assholes. Having it rubbed in my face doesn't make it suck less

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  17. 5 minutes ago, linux said:

    Its entitlement but also a culture of shame, we are 12 years after the start of cancel culture of me too culture and that has scared the living shit out of them, they then congragate in discord servers and social media bubbles and come out turbo misoginists, It would not surprise me that Gen Z men voted for anti abortion just to get even with the female peers that shamed them. Women will have to dial back the sexual revolution really hard.

    Ah yes, we need to be more like Afghanistan to fix this!

  18. 1 hour ago, David Dennison said:

    And yet she couldn't convince the American electorate that she's a better choice than Donald Trump.

    I'm not sure that's the sign of an effective campaigner.

    I don't really have much to complain about her campaign, unlike Hillary.  Our media is broken and to blame and that's not getting unfucked. Top to bottom fuck you NPR for normalizing Trump and Fuck you Fox News for sucking his tiny dick.

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