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It sure seems like the US is playing referee in a war between our ally and our enemy. If we’re gonna do that, we should either say “there are no rules outside of no nukes”, in which case Ukraine can use our shit however they want with no restrictions, or we say “no attacks on civilian infrastructure from here forward” in which case we will almost certainly have to get directly involved since there’s no way Russia will comply with that. As is stands, our ally is not able to prevent our enemy from destroying our ally’s civilian infrastructure because of limits we are imposing on them.

Yes, all Pro-life voters are religious voters, but it’s the issue that doesn’t necessarily involve religion, and it’s the one they cling to when justifying their vote. And I understand it. If you believe that human life begins at conception, and that human life deserves equal protection under the law from the moment it begins, then abortion is basically genocide. That gets into what defines “human” life, which is really subjective and complicated. But I really do understand single issue pro-life voters. The best counter to that line of thinking is actually something I read that was taken from Barbara Bush’s personal notes. She was pro choice, and her thinking was that human life doesn’t begin until the “soul” descends into the body, and her belief was that the soul did not enter the body until birth, that the souls was essentially bestowed on a baby by its mother. Not sure I agree with all of that, but the idea that the “soul” is what differentiates human life from all else, and that there’s no necessary connection to when a soul enters a body and any biological process makes sense to me as a good justification for a pro-choice stance.

Dude you need to chill with the optimism.

I hate Donald Trump and proudly voted for Joe Biden and will proudly vote for Kamala Harris. The majority of my extended family and most of my friends from childhood are Trump voters. Many of them are the cliche rural racists that take in Fox News brain poison and lack even the most basic critical thinking skills. They represent Trump’s most loyal base. They’re not worth talking about. From the others, here are the 2 main reasons I have been given for why they vote Republican: ”I am a single issue Pro-life voter.” ”I vote for whoever I think is going reduce my tax burden because I think the government is a very poor steward of resources.” I have also been told by otherwise reasonable, moderately intelligent people who vote Republican that they believe the Republicans will be better on border security, the economy, and foreign policy, but those people haven’t wanted to or been able to provide any detail for why they believe that.

Nah I don’t think that’s what he’s doing but if it is, it won’t work. At this point I assume Allred is just there to take in donations and funnel them to actual competitive races elsewhere.

I wouldn’t say I trust them but being 8 degrees off when you’re forecasting 9fucking6 should face some consequences.

Like 4 days ago the high in Austin for today was forecasted for like 96, now it’s 104?! Wtfff

Wife’s car thermometer read 118 at about 5pm yesterday. My car thermometer read 111 when I picked up my kids from school at 3pm today. This is fucking crazy.

We got a F1B Aussiedoodle back in November. Neither my wife nor I are/were really “dog people” but wanted our kids to have the experience. My 8 year old had been asking for a dog non stop for 5 years. 8 year old came up with the name Mason after reading about Mason the brave tornado dog, a true story of a dog who found his way back to his family after getting sucked into a tornado. We have really struggled at times adjusting to the added responsibility of a dog, and tbh we really didn’t have the bandwidth for this shit. But goddammit if this isn’t the best dog ever born. I have been the only person in the house to train him so I have a fuckload invested in him. He was potty trained by 10 weeks (within 2 weeks of us getting him). He’s NEVER shit in the house, even thru several bouts with chronic diarrhea. He is >90% responsive to sit, come, stay, fetch, fetch to pile, heel, spin, down, up, and play dead. He’s a great running partner. He plays great with the kids although my 35 lb 6 year old doesn’t know how to handle him so she’s gotten banged up rough housing with him a couple of times through no fault of his (we expected him to be 25-35 lbs, he ended up ~55 lb). I am working on getting him to enjoy the swimming pool. At this point he and I have a bond unlike anything I’ve ever experienced. His ability to read my mood and adjust accordingly to make me feel better or at least avoid making shit worse is uncanny.

Yep. I normally hate fireworks, but the day that bag of shit dies, I’m putting on a show.

I am pretty sure the PE firm that bought Schlitterbahn turned around and sold them to six flags. I totally agree that it is too democratized. I was thinking that exact thing when we were there. I would easily pay 50% more for there to be 30% less people but I guess the math overall doesn’t work. They would rather make a few extra bucks and have everyone leave there unhappy than not milk it and have people actually enjoy their product.

He says “this is the greatest commercial they’ve ever had”, then proceeds to disparage the fuck out of the company/product by holding it up as the example of the negative impact of inflation.

Uneducated white rural male boomers. Fuck em.

Current prediction: 2020 map, flip Nevada, Georgia, and North Carolina. Harris with 297 EV. Trump cries fraud in PA, AZ, WI, and NC.

Will be very interesting to see how close Texas is. There’s zero 0% chance it goes blue this year but if it keeps trending and gets closer than ~3.5% then the following cycle it should actually be in play. Personally I think there will be a negative reaction in Texas to Harris’ race and gender and the gap will widen to 6-7%. I hope I’m wrong.

Pretty sure that’s a fake account. The 2 m’s in the handle Rammaswamy gives it away.

100% of the people who hate him really hate him. 75% of the people who love him actually hate him. You think Melania, or Don Jr., or Ted Cruz, or Lindsey Graham, or fucking ANYONE who truly knows him really loves that piece of shit? No.

42 year old war photographers can be hot as fuck. Especially if they are Kirsten Dunst. They had her out there like Charlize in Monster.

Put your teeth on the curb.

Mini GOTV tour Oct 1-30 with stops in Philly, Detroit, Phoenix, and Atlanta

Also, intentionally making Dunst look more middle aged and hiding the warlocks for almost the entire movie was stupid.

This movie is terrible. The writing is awful. The story is unbelievable (not the idea of the US falling into Civil war, the more detailed plot points like Dunst and the other dude allowing the old man and kid to join them last minute as they go do some super dangerous shit). The melodrama of journalists as the end all be all was over the top. The sound was excellent.

There is no “elite level” of a fucking Tough Mudder.

I have developed a huge pet peeve for people who hype sports that nobody gives a fuck about. CrossFit is top of the list. Sorry you’re not an actual good athlete, and I’m glad you’re staying active, but no I don’t give a fuck about the idiotic “sport” you’re into. Pickleball has moved into 2nd place. Anyway, it sucks that dude died. Those people should be punished.

I don’t think it’s enough to just keep your cool. Clinton kept her cool in 2016. Harris has got to be ready to retaliate against Trump in a way that shows she’s smarter and of higher character than he is. It sounds easy because Trump is so stupid and such a piece of shit. But I think it requires a lot of skill to deal with someone as unique as Trump.