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I can fix her.
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First off, not all gay men are effeminate. Secondly, according to Mike White's wiki profile, he's "openly bisexual." Third, the fact that you describe a guy with a girl's first name and a preposterously dyed beard as "macho" is really fucking funny when you've got to admit it seems like he's aggressively overcompensating for something. Fourth, Macho Man was a hit single by a group that played dress-up in tough, stereotypically "macho" outfits as an open display of masculine role-playing. Fifth, that band is apparently one of the favorites of a singular political personality who loves to portray himself as "macho" while pantomiming jerking off dicks to the gay anthem YMCA. I'm not really making a point other than to say your post is hilariously absurd, which I really hope is what you were going for. If so, bravo. Well done.
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America's Foreign Policy & Other Shit Going On Around the World thread
bolverk replied to bolverk's topic in Cloak Room
Many on this board, including myself, refuse to provide clicks to Elmo's Nazi site, which financially rewards all this shit. It'd be helpful if you could post screenshots instead of links. Or alternatively, seek out and post the same sources from alternative sites. For instance, both of those guys also post on Bluesky, which conveniently embeds on Surly. https://bsky.app/profile/clueheywood.bsky.social https://bsky.app/profile/jefftimmer.bsky.social I'm sincerely not trying to be a dick or telling you how to post, but you'll probably get more engagement if you branch out away from Xitter.- 1107 replies
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She's got the ETBF, whatever. It's not really about how attractive she is, though. I'm not looking to bang a press secretary or even be turned on by one. But since she's in the business of communication, what does her face say in the two photos: On the left: warm, friendly, approachable On the right: cold, stingy, scornful She chooses to look like a cunty bitch.
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I will say that I'm planning to file for an extension next month because there's no telling what's going to happen over the next several months.
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Tagging @MAROON to this thread, also for posterity's sake, since he pos repped the OP and is too cowardly to actually post in the CR, if you don't count his occasional drive-by negs. Given his username, I guess he's an Aggie. How does it make you feel @realgreggym that only an Aggie agrees with your asinine assessment? Like, on a scale ranging from dumbass to ignoramus, how stupid would you score yourself right now?
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Meanwhile, in West Texas, it's so dry that these 3-foot-tall sand dunes spilling over a country road are the result of wind erosion from a single cotton field over the last month or so. You might have seen their offspring aloft over Central Texas a couple of weeks ago.
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America's Foreign Policy & Other Shit Going On Around the World thread
bolverk replied to bolverk's topic in Cloak Room
Just came here to post about that @956 Worldwide Here's an archived link: https://archive.is/v51xx -
Until just now, I hadn't yet heard the copium for Wall Street, Mar-a-Lago Accord theory. Someone ping me if they see someone start posting something similar over on the Business & Markets board. The Wild Trump Theory Making the Rounds on Wall Street QAnon for tariffs To the untrained eye, Donald Trump’s tariff policy over the past two months has looked like an incoherent, inconsistent, self-destructive mess. But have you considered the possibility that it is, in fact, the first step of a carefully orchestrated master plan to revive American manufacturing, reduce the national debt, reconfigure the international-alliance system, and deliver the greatest geopolitical deal of the century? That is the thrust of a new theory that has been gaining currency in Washington, on Wall Street, and in the financial press. The grand bargain that Trump is supposedly planning to strike has even been given a name: the Mar-a-Lago Accord. The outline of the theory was first articulated not in a MAGA subreddit, but in a November paper by Stephen Miran, an economist who now chairs Trump’s Council of Economic Advisers. Many of the theory’s basic tenets have also been endorsed by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. In its telling, Trump’s flurry of new trade barriers isn’t intended to achieve a particular strategic concession or short-term economic benefit. The goal is instead to force other countries to the table for a grand bargain. Claims that the tariffs are about fentanyl trafficking or illegal migration are simply a decoy, and their seemingly shambolic implementation is just a way to keep the rest of the world suspended in a state of shock and awe. Sure, there might be some bumps along the way, as consumers and businesses scramble to adjust to the new restrictions; the ensuing tumult might even trigger a global recession. But that’s by design. The more Trump can portray himself as a madman willing to tank the world economy, the more fearful and desperate other countries will become for any kind of reprieve. Once foreign leaders are practically begging for an end to tariff-induced madness, Trump will summon them to his Florida compound, where he will outline a series of demands. First, America’s trading partners must engage in a coordinated effort to raise the value of their own currencies relative to the dollar, a move designed to make American goods cheaper to sell abroad. Countries that have large trade surpluses with the United States, such as Germany and China, may also be required to make major investments to build factories in the American heartland. Foreign central banks will agree to swap their existing holdings of U.S. debt with “century bonds” that don’t pay any interest for 100 years, in effect providing free financing to the United States. Countries that comply will be given relief from tariffs alongside a guarantee of military protection; countries that refuse will be faced with even steeper tariffs and no military support. These hypothetical provisions tie together two of Trump’s longtime preoccupations: the scourge of the strong dollar and the free-riding of America’s allies. Because of high demand for the world’s global reserve currency, the U.S. dollar tends to be more expensive than it otherwise would be. This in turn makes American exports more expensive, putting American companies at a disadvantage. In Trump’s mind, this dynamic is wholly the result of foreign governments’ currency manipulation and is largely responsible for the decline of American industry. Trump also believes that those same governments refuse to pay their fair share in defense spending, forcing the U.S. to overspend to protect its allies—a project that has driven the national debt to unsustainable levels. Trump’s grand bargain is designed to put an end to all of that. A weaker dollar will restore America’s manufacturing greatness. An influx of foreign investment will supercharge the U.S. economy. Interest-free financing will help tame the national debt and spread the responsibility of funding global security. Clearly drawn lines between America’s allies and its adversaries will usher in global stability. “Such an architecture would mark a shift in global markets as big as Bretton Woods or its end,” Miran writes, referencing the 1944 agreement that birthed the modern trade regime and the 1971 decision to move the world off the gold standard. The Mar-a-Lago Accord will enter the annals of history as the deal of the century. cont'd:
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Greaser Bob's posting history says otherwise. He posts bizarrely naive shit all the time.
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My old high school band director has gone WOKE, posting these in the last few days and pissing off half the town in the process You're the best, Mr. Mitchell.
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Elon Musk: Nazi traitor piece of shit [Confirmed]
bolverk replied to MaybeACoordinator's topic in Daily Texan
South Florida man drives SUV into Tesla protesters, cops say Deputies say he later told dealership workers he ‘stands with’ the company PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. – A 44-year-old West Palm Beach man is facing a felony charge after sheriff’s deputies said he tried to purposely drive his SUV into a group protesting at a Tesla dealership over the weekend. The planned protest was one of a slew across the U.S. at businesses associated with Tesla, the company led by Musk, in response to the billionaire’s work with the Trump administration in cutting federal funding and the workforce. Attacks on property carrying the logo of Elon Musk’s electric car company are cropping up across the U.S. and overseas. Several more violent incidents include Cybertrucks being set on fire in Seattle and shots fired at a Tesla dealership in Oregon. According to an arrest report from the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office, the attempted attack happened Saturday afternoon outside of the Tesla dealership at 5544 Okeechobee Blvd., outside of the West Palm Beach city limits. A PBSO deputy wrote that multiple witnesses and cellphone footage showed Andrew Dutil driving his Nissan SUV onto the curb and “almost striking multiple people.” Deputies said protesters had to “jump out of the way” to avoid being run over. No one was hurt. The report states that Dutil got out of the vehicle and then walked into the dealership. An employee told deputies that Dutil told workers there that he “stands with Tesla” and then “walked out.” A statement Dutil made to deputies was redacted from the arrest report. Deputies arrested Dutil on a charge of aggravated assault with a weapon. Online records show he remained in the PBSO Main Detention Center as of Monday and was being held without bond. Palm Beach County court records show the next hearing on the case is scheduled for April 21. Before clicking the spoiler, take a moment and conjure a photo in your mind of what this guy's mugshot looks like. Okay, got it? Here you go. -
Must be really recent. Those aren't showing up on Google maps yet. Beyond the Texas Triangle, there's one in Midland, OKC, Ruston, Louisiana, a bunch clustered around SLC, a couple around Phoenix, and then a half-dozen or so scattered about the Southeast.
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The White House invites a new guest to its Easter event: corporate sponsors. The White House wants to recruit corporate sponsors to contribute to its Easter Egg Roll next month, raising ethical and legal concerns that President Trump is allowing companies to profit from the 147-year-old tradition by turning it into a showcase for their brands. The financial backers of the April 21 event would be able to choose from three options that cost between $75,000 and $200,000, according to a nine-page guide for potential sponsors that was reviewed by The New York Times. The most expensive package includes a corporate booth, logo placements, branded snacks or beverages, exclusive tickets to brunch with the first lady, Melania Trump, a chance to engage with the White House Press Corps, a private White House tour and 150 tickets to the event. “Be a part of history,” reads the guide, which was written by Harbinger, an event production company founded by Republican aides in 2013. It invites sponsors to “provide financial support, activities and giveaways to enhance the event while gaining valuable brand visibility and national recognition.” As in the past, any money raised through the event will go to the White House Historical Association, a private nonprofit educational organization founded by Jacqueline Kennedy in 1961. The event is largely held without taxpayer dollars, with the American Egg Board, a marketing group for the egg industry, sponsoring thousands of eggs for the event — but without the kind of visibility laid out by Harbinger’s guide. Federal regulations prohibit government employees from using their public office for private gain. Richard W. Painter, who served as chief ethics lawyer in the White House Counsel’s Office under President George W. Bush, said that the White House was clearly breaking that code by allowing private enterprises to use an official event to showcase their brands and letting the proceeds flow into a private nonprofit. “I’m shocked that they are doing this to raise money,” Mr. Painter said, adding that his team under Mr. Bush did not even allow public schools to be named after Mr. Bush. “You can’t use the power of the United States government to favor one nonprofit over another.” Mr. Painter said that some in Mr. Trump’s White House have argued that the ethics laws technically do not apply to the president, but most presidents have complied with some sort of ethical guidelines since President Richard M. Nixon resigned in 1974. The White House did not comment on the sponsorship plan, which was reported earlier by CNN. Harbinger and the White House Historical Association did not respond to requests for comment. Mr. Trump and the first lady have been widely criticized in recent months for blurring the ethical line between their official duties and powers and leveraging it for private gain. Earlier this month, the president hosted an exclusive car show for Tesla at the White House with Elon Musk, the company’s chief executive who also leads the Trump administration’s efforts to slash the federal work force and spending. And just days before Inauguration Day, Mr. Trump announced his own cryptocurrency, which he has promoted on social media — including on Sunday, writing on his Truth Social site that it was “SO COOL.” Mrs. Trump also announced her own memecoin the day before her husband took office. The White House Easter Egg Roll first took place in 1878 under President Rutherford B. Hayes, two years after Congress passed a law prohibiting children from rolling eggs — and themselves — down Capitol Hill. Tens of thousands of attendees congregate each year on the South Lawn as children try to roll hard-boiled eggs to the finish line without cracking them.
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America's Foreign Policy & Other Shit Going On Around the World thread
bolverk replied to bolverk's topic in Cloak Room
Greenland officials express fury over Trump’s plan to send a delegation. Relations between Greenland and the United States sank further on Sunday as the Greenlandic prime minister erupted over what he called a “highly aggressive” delegation of senior officials the Trump administration said it would send to the island this week. Usha Vance, the second lady, and Michael Waltz, the national security adviser, are among the officials headed to the island, which is a semiautonomous territory of Denmark, though President Trump has vowed to make it part of the United States “one way or the other.” Ms. Vance is scheduled to make a series of cultural stops after her arrival on Thursday, separate from Mr. Waltz. The national security adviser is supposed to be traveling earlier in the week with the U.S. energy secretary, Chris Wright. The prime minister, Mute B. Egede, said on Sunday that Greenlanders’ effort to be diplomatic just “bounces off Donald Trump and his administration in their mission to own and control Greenland.” He made the remarks, his angriest yet, to a Greenlandic newspaper on Sunday, and a high-ranking member of his party confirmed them. The prime minister seemed especially upset with Mr. Waltz’s involvement. “What is the national security adviser doing in Greenland?” he asked. “The only purpose is to demonstrate power over us.” “His mere presence in Greenland will no doubt fuel American belief in Trump’s mission — and the pressure will increase,” he added. Other Greenlandic officials complained about the inopportune timing of the visit, pointing out that Greenland had just held parliamentary elections and that a new government has not even been formed. “The fact that the Americans are well aware we are in the middle of negotiations,” said Jens-Frederik Nielsen, the leader of the most popular political party, “once again shows a lack of respect for the Greenlandic people.” Greenlanders have become increasingly wary of Mr. Trump’s intentions. A recent poll found that a vast majority of people on the island, which lies along the Arctic Ocean and is mostly covered in ice, do not want to become part of the United States. Still, many have also voiced a desire to improve relations with Washington. Until now, most Greenlandic officials have tried to walk a fine line, asserting their sense of sovereignty while avoiding antagonizing Mr. Trump. The Trump administration has presented the visit as friendly, saying in a statement on Sunday that Ms. Vance would travel with one of her children on Thursday and attend Greenland’s national dog-sled race, Avannaata Qimussersu, returning to the United States on Saturday. “Ms. Vance and the delegation are excited to witness this monumental race and celebrate Greenlandic culture and unity,” the statement said. Separately, Mr. Waltz is expected to tour a U.S. military base, two U.S. officials said. The United States has a small missile defense base on the northern part of the island and has kept troops on Greenland since World War II. Mr. Wright, Mr. Trump’s energy secretary, is expected to join Mr. Waltz to see the base, according to another person with knowledge of the visit, as the Trump administration eyes rare earth minerals and other resources on Greenland. Potentially lucrative resources are scattered all around the island, but extreme weather, fired-up environmentalists and other factors have tempered hopes of large-scale operations. Other senior administration officials may also visit, according to one of the officials, all of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the trip. A spokesman for Mr. Waltz said the visit was for gathering information and exploring local culture. “The United States has a vested security interest in the Arctic region, and it should not be a surprise the national security adviser and secretary of energy are visiting a U.S. space base to get firsthand briefings from our service members on the ground,” Brian Hughes, the National Security Council spokesman, said in a statement. “We also look forward to experiencing Greenland’s famous hospitality and are confident that this visit presents an opportunity to build on partnerships that respects Greenland’s self-determination and advances economic cooperation. This is a visit to learn about Greenland, its culture, history and people.” A White House spokesman did not answer a question about whether the officials had been invited. Mr. Trump has continued to ratchet up his talk of seizing Greenland, part of an expansionist mind-set in his second term that has also taken aim at Canada and the Panama Canal. Mr. Trump privately spoke about both in meetings during his first term, and some of his advisers explored the idea of acquiring Greenland, which had been an on-and-off national security proposal in the United States for decades. Soon after his election in 2024, he began pushing advisers to find a way to make a Greenland acquisition a reality. The idea of retaking the Panama Canal soon followed. Greenland has been connected to Denmark for more than 300 years. The Danes colonized it, but over time folded it into Denmark, and eventually granted Greenlanders more autonomy to run their own affairs. The prime minister of Denmark, Mette Frederiksen, made clear on Sunday that neither Denmark nor Greenland had solicited the trips. “The visit from the United States cannot be seen in isolation from the public statements that have been made,” Ms. Frederiksen said. She added, “This is something we take seriously.” This will be Ms. Vance’s second solo trip internationally as second lady. The other was a visit this month to Italy leading the U.S. delegation to the Special Olympics World Winter Games. Mr. Egede did not seem placated by Ms. Vance’s stated plans to soak up Greenlandic culture. “We are now at a point where it can no longer be described as an innocent visit from a politician’s spouse,” he said, adding that “the international community must now react.” -
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Kinda late to the party(?) on this whole WTF because, ironically, I just spent the evening with a good buddy who voted for TFG this past November and whom I’ve known since the 6th grade (1981-1982 era). He's got a golden heart, but he's not the sharpest knife in the drawer. He's mechanically inclined but also has an incredible taste for good music, still discovering non-mainstream bands in his early 50s. His name is Mike, and he fixes up old cars for fun in his free time. It's been his thing since high school when our group gave him the moniker Mike the Mechanic (he also earned Mike-guyver when he once fixed my overheating car with a razor blade and a dime coming back from Dallas -- also in high school). The dude's got a car addiction. Between his gigantic garage with its own autobody paintshop and his backyard, I'd guess he's got about a dozen broken-down, beat-up cars right now, but that '69 Mach 1 sitting in his garage right now is one sweet-looking ride. I can't wait to go out with him in it and still remember the fun times we had back in the day cruising in his old powder blue VW minibus, his MG, his little red '70 Opel Kadett station wagon, and his old Mini Cooper (late 60s model). Those last two were awesome little rally cars that could do some damage to a cotton field. Anyway, he works out in the oil patch -- makes really good money monitoring wells and storage tanks. Drives around all day, listening to fucked up right-wing talk radio between tunes, and unfortunately, It got its hooks in him. He's the one I mentioned a week or so ago in this or another thread who said he's now "alarmed" by all the shit going down. He also knows exactly how I feel because I haven't been shy about it, but I never, ever bring up politics first. I honestly feel like he does on his end because he's got a guilty conscience and keeps telling me he's a "humanitarian" and didn't want to hurt anyone. He just had a vague sense we were about to lose our country from all the shit he listens to. He's not there yet (again, I don't preach to or bitch at him). This place is my release for that. Anyway, I brought him a cheeseburger from an old school drive-in kind of place and kept him company in the hospital after undergoing knee surgery earlier today, and we talked and watched some TV together for a little while. There wasn't much talk about doom tonight, but there were a lot of smiles and laughs.
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The Leopards Eating Faces and Unlubed Dildo of Consequences Thread
bolverk replied to Horn Dog's topic in Cloak Room
Story about new Social Security requirements for accessing everything through a website and the effects on old folks in a small West Virginia town. Lots of confused seniors. New Social Security requirements pose barriers to rural communities without internet, transportation Good snippet on cuts and process: “I don’t understand a lot of the stuff that’s going on right now, and I just can’t pinpoint things together, you know,” said Brenda Hughes, 72, who said she usually goes to the Social Security office in person anyway because she said she’s found it difficult to get a hold of the call center. “But maybe it’s meant to be like that.” Mary Weaver, 72, said she doesn’t approve of Trump giving Elon Musk so much leeway to cut and change services, and she doesn’t see those measures helping McDowell County. “He gone run for president, and he’s going to get the presidency, but he’s going to let someone else tell him how to run the country?” she asked, criticizing Trump’s relationship with Musk. Other residents aren’t concerned. Barbara Lester, 64, said she wishes she could sit down with Trump and Musk and tell them they’re doing a fantastic job. “And with all the money they’re saving from the fraud, they could afford to give their senior citizens an increase,” said Lester, who is retired from construction work.- 9455 replies
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"Reagan proved deficits don't matter." ~ Dick Cheney (2002) That game was given away a looong time ago. It's a wonder we've continued to play make-believe that the GOP actually gives a shit when in power all these years later, but here we are still playing it because the lie works.
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