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Ojo Rojo

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  1. The 2016 election was the end result of all of those events and factors I mentioned, and more. That was the slap-in-the-face moment that we could no longer deny - all of the bad shit about America has now come home to roost.
  2. Every point in our country's history contributed to this moment. More recently: the Civil Rights movement, the pill and the rise of feminism, the Federalist Society and Newt Gingrich, Citizens United, repeal of the Fairness Doctrine, Rush Limbaugh, Fox News, the internet, Trump. Add in the reduction of the middle class, huge income inequality, the failure of the U.S. education system, the existence of the 2nd Amendment, "Christian" fundamentalism, the election of a black President, the near election of a female president, huge numbers of brown immigrants who speak Spanish and the general character of Americans as rich, self-belief in exceptionalism, entitled, frontier-inspired independent and ignorant and there you go.
  3. I picked the wrong week to quit drinking.
  4. I don't think they stay quiet because they know it's wrong. They stay quiet because they know what the reaction will be to them outing themselves as misogynists and bigots. They don't want those consequences.
  5. There are two parts of this that are factually incorrect. "Innocent" and "celebrating." He wasn't innocent. He literally championed the very gun rights that got him killed. Liberals are not celebrating. Well, maybe some are. Most on this board are not. The Dem politicians are not. You can't tell me that conservatives wouldn't be celebrating way, way more if Rachel Maddow or Jon Stewart got killed.
  6. Altuve has to be the worst baserunner in MLB.
  7. What are the odds that Framber hitting Salazar was intentional? Does this really happen? I get that you're pissed because you shook him off and got shelled, twice. But fuck, man. Drilling your own catcher because of your own fuckups? That's pretty fucking low. Hard to believe it was intentional.
  8. This is why I will vote for that man for President.
  9. Yeah, you've described the right-wing narrative. They think the moment a kid says, "I think I'm trans" that a surgeon appears for gender reassignment surgery. It's so ignorant and absurd. As with almost every issue, there's much more depth and a lot of nuance. The public can't know every trans person's history. I would be willing to assume that a huge percentage of them receive gobs of treatment of one kind or another. And they certainly do if they seek medical treatment like hormones or surgery. To do otherwise would be medically unethical and probably malpractice. Are there unethical doctors out there committing malpractice? It's probably happened, but far, far from the rule.
  10. I've had a similar experience to Willfully. My BIL has a trans kid. They live far away, so I haven't been around them that much to really have a strong idea of why it happened. From my limited view, the kid was very normal growing up. It appeared to me to be a confusion/attention-seeking thing. But again, what do I know? I agree with Goredho that there does seem to be more GD now, but it's possible that with growing acceptance that more people are being outwardly honest because they feel a bit more comfortable and empowered. It could also be that external influences, like online shit, are confusing kids or causing more kids to believe they are trans. It could be a little bit of both.
  11. This post actually took my breath away. Zeus, do you know what else all of those people have in common? THEY ARE MENTALLY ILL!!! I don't know how to tell you this nicely, but you are wrong about everything.
  12. Oh, God. Please don't be true.
  13. State takeover of equity in private companies? I did not have that on my bingo card. I mean, I shredded my bingo card a long time ago, but this was not on it.
  14. I bet she can suck a golf ball through a garden hose, though.
  15. I found the audio of this video extremely funny. Driver: "He's gonna hit him. Motherfucker, here we go! Gotdammit." Passenger: "Got-dayum."
  16. Get a longer line on that bucket. Geez.
  17. Abrego Garcia released. https://apnews.com/article/abrego-garcia-jail-release-deportation-trial-6eb8e95da3bfb7b7ed89dc156702b295 Here's AG Bimbo saying he'll never come back to the U.S.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rp_XbX8c998
  18. In Calgary, at least in the early 90's, you could ride the bottom section of the luge track on the actual sled. I thought for sure it would be slow and safe. Nope. You are hauling ass, going up high on the curves of the track. It was dangerous AF. One of the people I was with, the older sister of my girlfriend, went ass over teakettle and got all bruised and scraped up.
  19. I guess I have to say it, "Is this real?" How has this not been on the front page of every major newspaper in the world?
  20. Next to Roger Stone, she looks the most like a cartoon villain.
  21. Last night it hailed at our house. I hollered to my boys, "Hey, boys, it's hailing! Come look at all of the ice on the ground!" My wife: "How is this possible? It's August!"
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