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  1. 8 hours ago, washparkhorn said:

    Many are detached from reality. 

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    This is a key component of what is occurring right now within the people still entrenched in the death cult. I will tend to stray away from using a negative connotation about people, but when your group as a whole actively promotes racist beliefs, violence as a means to get what you want and being okay with migrant children being subjected to what happened at the border under Dotard I set that one aside. 
     

    I think the portion of society that is not part of this will be enough to carry us through what will be a very trying decade. You just have to stay focused on the good you can do in your neck of the woods. I am doing what I can where I live that helps out a subset of society that absolutely deserves it. If enough of us do this all across the country we can right the ship or, at the very least, not have to tell people a generation from now that there is nothing left to give them because the ship sits at the bottom of the Mariana Trench because we stood by and did nothing while the ship kept taking on water.

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  2. 30 minutes ago, Brothahorn said:

    My uncle John used to live on Poplar street in South Dallas. Every year I got a week or weekend(when I started working) every visit. We were always going play dominoes in Turner Court no matter what. We always had a good time, but it was definitely on the 'don't fuck around' scale.

    So seeing these mentions of South Dallas made me a little nostalgic so I pulled up google maps to see the house I spent an inordinate amount of time on the weekends at when I lived in Dallas years ago. It's on Warren and man those were some great times. I drank way too much, but that was the norm there on the weekends. A large family (Originally they came from Calvert in the mid-70's and still  have land and a house back there) all lives near each other and they often spend their weekends hanging out playing dominoes, drinking and listening to music. I have some pretty fun stories and memories from stuff I did when I was hanging out in that neighborhood for around 15 years. I always felt safe there and when I was in college I would come up on the weekends with some guys from college to play ball on the courts at Wheatley. That was also a pretty good time as well once I got past some folks there thinking I was an undercover cop instead of just someone that wanted to hoop with some pretty good ballers. I hope to visit the Sunny South before the year ends.

  3. 1 minute ago, Incredulity said:

    I have said repeatedly that Trump is a moron.  
     

    Which issue in regards to Cuomo is the most damning in your eyes?  Or is it the accumulation of issues?

    The Nursing Homes thing has been on the table for months.  

    To me it is having specific details of what happened with the nursing homes. While we knew something definitely went sideways there and cost many innocent people their lives, there is enough evidence on the table to have him removed from office.

    The accumulation of things I would hope would do it for anyone still on the fence. If seeing grandparents die unnecessarily doesn’t do it I would think the harassment allegations should be the death knell for his political career.

  4. 4 minutes ago, Incredulity said:

    Christ, I didn’t call for his resignation or post any other inflammatory shit about him.  

    I am more interested in how now becomes the time for the reckoning of issues that seem to have been pretty common knowledge for quite some time.  
     

    I think for the most part it’s better to hold elected officials accountable through elections.  

    While that is true, I think the inference being made here is you never made a post about our former president either in regards to things he had done. I do not follow your thoughts or posts about Trump close enough to know, but many do here judging by the responses.

    I do not want an election to hold Cuomo or any other elected official responsible for something like this. You give them the boot as fast as possible and get a replacement in there that cares about their constituents. That should be our standard response here.

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  5. 4 hours ago, PenelopeWitherspoon said:


    It was well known that they were miscounting the nursing home deaths back in late spring early summer, and that it was being used to keep the emergency powers in place. We’re you pissed off then? I was, because NYC was being fucking locked in while the rest of the state was opening up. It’s still a thing, FYI.

    I did not trust at that time that everything Cuomo was saying was truthful. It was impossible to think something wasn’t right when you could look to Jersey and see the nursing home issues they had with COVID in the early days. I spent the entire summer protesting in DC and all across the city here so any outrage I had was put on the back burner to be completely honest. I do believe that if you do enough wrong things that it catches up with you and this is just horrific on the part of Cuomo. 
     

    Personally I am not against the measures enacted that were put in place. They cost me the ability to do the job I had in mid-town where I made good money as a server. It cost many of my friends as well who I worked with. I have mostly kept to myself during COVID and took good advantage of this time to finish a degree and get started on a master’s in the not too distant future. I realize though that not everyone is happy about the pace with which the city has re-opened. I err on the side of caution in this instance, but do look forward to a new sense of normalcy once the pandemic ends like everyone else. 

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  6. 5 minutes ago, washparkhorn said:

    Another one solved on the first page. Well done.  

    A fine display of neuroplasticity - a bunch of big brains round here.

    Hook 'em.

    You are going to get me sidetracked here on the Cuomo has to go thread, but neuroplasticity is one of the most fascinating things I have ever been able to study and learn about. We know so little about how our mind works, but if I were in a position to do so I would order several government studies on this in relation to mental illness. I think gaining knowledge about neuroplasticity will likely be the most important part of the fight to combat mental illness.

    Okay sidetrack is back off. Back to making sure Cuomo is soon out of a job. 

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  7. 3 hours ago, Incredulity said:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/27/nyregion/cuomo-charlotte-bennett-sexual-harassment.html
     

    Staggering 180 in political fortunes in the last few weeks.  Seems like someone decided he needed to get got.  Amazing.

    He should have been removed the moment the information surfaced about hiding the true death total of the nursing home residents. What happened there was a travesty and so many families lost loved ones that may have lived had better decisions been made by Cuomo. That it was covered up makes me feel so sad for the family and friends left behind to mourn a loss that perhaps should never have occurred. 

    He has to go. He shouldn't have still been the governor yesterday, much less this coming week. When you treat the lives of those you are entrusted to protect like they do not matter at the exact moment they need you most that is cause for immediate removal. Whatever charges can be brought against him, even if it is just civil ones, need to happen ASAP. 

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  8. 4 hours ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

    Seems like low hanging fruit here for the FBI

    Every time I see Gosar’s name I think of seeing that ad in 2018 with his siblings basically saying he is a less than stellar human being. Remembering that right now in conjunction with seeing him having given a speech to white nationalists earlier this week reminds me why they aired their personal feelings about him.

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  9. On 2/25/2021 at 9:17 PM, Willfully Horn said:

    I agree with your second sentence, but your third makes an assumption which I reject.

    By ditching our certainty, we become wiser. And more confidant, as I understand the fullest expression of the word. Confident people are not always right, nor are they shamed by being humble, or considering that they may be wrong on an issue.

    Calling these traits ‘toxic employee traits’ rather than labeling them toxic whiteness would remedy the bullshit factor insofar as the general is not the specific. I get that. I choose not to be offended:.

     

    That right there is some of the best advice I have ever read on this site. Having the ability to be confident enough in who you are to say you might be, or actually are wrong, says a lot to me about a person. Being able to shed the toxicity associated with hubris and instead embrace the fullness of being humble towards others is where I would like to see more of our society migrate to. Treat others with dignity and respect and when you do not live up to that standard be humble enough to apologize and make amends.

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  10. On 2/4/2021 at 8:41 AM, Cheeseweasel said:

    Our words can heal or hurt. My resolution this year is to try to use my words for "good" and encouragement. Especially places like here (Surly). It's easy to make a snarky comment and call someone an asshole for their opinion. Social media is a cancer and I'm not spreading it anymore. No more doom scrolling. No more Cloak Room. I'm just going to post memes and/or honest thoughts without (hopefully) hurting anyone. 

    It can be a challenge at times to not give in. I gave in recently and said something that was not nice in an interaction I had here. I had a choice to say nothing and I gave in instead twice. I think part of it has been having my aunt on my mind for the last month. When I went back to Texas to bury her in my hometown it was hard because she was just 53. I had to let go of that sadness and get refocused on the present while remembering that it is better to just let some things slide in my interactions with people. It is not worth becoming a conduit of negativity.

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  11. 13 hours ago, dcar00 said:

     

    I'm fine with every American citizen over 18 getting a 2000.00 check.

    Okay we’re getting somewhere. I am glad you are alright with that. Again though if you want to defend the last president that is not the purpose of this and you know that. There are plenty of people here willing to do that. My desire to engage in that would be less than my desire to take a vacation to Kansas or see the NBA team in Boston win another title.

    What else would you like to see brought to the floor of the House and Senate that you believe would be in the best interests of the majority of this country right now? You do not have to write out some detailed policy-like report. I won’t denigrate you for your response even if my stance is the opposite of yours.

  12. 15 minutes ago, dcar00 said:

    the negativity came from the media, every single day on every channel, at every press briefing.  Obama divided the country in a way I have never seen, liked and was never held accountable by the press.

    Biden won't be held accountable by the press either.  If you can't see the difference in the press with Obama/Biden and Trump(or any republican since Reagan) I don't know what to tell you.  Its beyond the pale but they can say and report what they want.  People like Schiff, Pelosi and Schumer lie and are negative like there is no tomorrow.

    where were the democrats trying to find common ground the previous 4? I'll tell you where they were, they were finding common ground in hating Trump. the whole Russia collusion farce was just the start.   and thats fine by the way, thats the way democrats/media want to play(they did it to Reagan, they did it to Bush I and II) but don't try to rewrite history.

    Okay there is something lost in translation here I believe that I apparently am not communicating to you very well because the tangents you went on are ones that I am not asking about. I am not looking for an "The Airing of Grievances Festivus-Style."

    Put some actual policy out there you want to see happen. Put some actual ideas on the screen in front of you and say what you want to see happen. If all you have is "Now it's MY TURN to go after old man Biden and his mental acuity" you are not exactly helping your cause. You are feeding right into the narrative that you and millions of others will sit idly by and complain, complain and complain some more instead of having your elected officials actually do their jobs. If they are not going to then yes I am okay with watching the Democrats put forth legislation that helps out the country as a whole. The stimulus legislation and checks are going to be much more beneficial to someone living in Memphis, Texas (Just like that there is a Memphis in Texas and I have driven through it) than it will be to someone living here in New York City. That legislation will help millions who do not like the president and that is the way this should work. Help those who do not like you because it is the right thing to do. 

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  13. 1 minute ago, Js1 said:

    Jina Joe is a puppet for Kamala Harris. Worst talking point ever. Not even going with that one at CPAC

    I see from this thread that we still have folks who have not yet left Dotard's alternate version of reality. It's kind of sad to see how people get taken in so easily by a verifiable con artist.

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  14. 7 minutes ago, dcar00 said:

    that's rich on the acting like an adult comment after 4 years of "3 year olds in a grocery store" temper tantrums

    narrator: she won't(with an honest answer)

     

    And if she won't I'll have less respect for her. You get to be held accountable for your words. We just ended four years of a president acting like a child every single day due to his NPD.

    You can now spend the next four years either trying to find common ground or you can keep treating the people's business as nothing more than a game. That's a choice you get to make. I would prefer to see the majority of us who have political opinions attempt to find common ground and go from there. The alternative is just staying in the Daily Texan denigrating President Biden's mental acuity because of his age.

    I personally expect cognitive decline because he is pushing 80. Not many 80 year olds are throwing a vintage Nolan Ryan fastball every time they talk unscripted. I regularly did not enjoy Trump speaking because he could not stop lying. It was a constant stream of negativity and lies from his alternate realiity that is well documented. Hearing that every single day was a beatdown. It created an air of negativity that engulfed a great deal of American life. One of the lasting effects of Trump is I looked at people differently in wondering if they have voted for him or if their words let me know they did. Trump divided the country in a way we have rarely seen in this country. If Biden lies to the American people he should also be held accountable. If he makes a decision that is contrary to how we would expect our fellow humans to be treated he should also have to answer for that. 

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  15. I am not in favor of any bombing. I do not care what president does it. It would be nice at some point though if human beings would get together and attempt to understand one another instead of the response being one that involves our military.
     

    The show of force auto-reaction has not stopped people from hating us. It has never been a tactic that wins anyone to your side. History is pretty clear about that. We can either evolve as a country, and really a species as a whole, or we can keep on doing this. The onus is on us to find a better way to resolve differences.

    And for the Daily Texan group that has isolated yourself because you do not want to engage in political discussion with, it’s time to be an adult. I realize this thread was moved here from that forum. Seeing all the reactions to Paski’s tweet lets me know politics is nothing more than a game to you. She should have to explain how she reconciles that tweet with what the president just did. I would have respect for her if she gave an honest answer if she was asked.

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  16. 1 hour ago, Pato del Muerto said:

    Teaching things like empathy and validation are never bad ideas.

    Seems to me that so many white people reacting as they have to the idea that has been and continues to be easier to be white in this country than non-white, kind of makes the point that it still needs to be talked about. 

    There will likely always be a segment of the white population in this country that is going to feign outrage and anger that not everyone is real happy about the inherent advantages of being white. I look at the people who consistently get outraged about things like this and feel sad for them in a way because they are willfully indignant about things that really just do not matter. After all the protests, vigils and marches I went to last summer I have a pretty good understanding of what someone means when they say be "less white". I have no issue whatsoever with that statement being made and I agree with it.

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  17. 9 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

    I get that people are crazy as shit.  Shit happens.

    What I don't get is why they're also so fucking mean.

    Be batshit if you want.  But don't be a fucking asshole.

    This is beyond the pale. This is not just being mean. This is someone who is deeply disturbed mentally that has an over abundance of hatred mixed in there as well. Being mean is the point. Making those others hurt is the point of her words and behavior. If the death cult had not started the selling of their soul 50 plus years ago to radical religious zealots perhaps we would not see this vile display of bigotry happening in our nation’s Capitol because they might have a backbone. I think President Biden might have to get personally involved in this. This cannot just get glossed over.

  18. 3 hours ago, Beau Vine said:

    What a Fucking CUNT.

     

     

    Okay death cult you want to show some bi-partisanship? You really want to show that you are not the party of hate, bigotry, racism, misogyny and all other assorted human behaviors that are designed to denigrate the portion of the population you deem lesser than? Start by holding a vote to have this woman removed from her position and have her banned completely from any building inside the entire District of Columbia. That is not just putting your party’s beliefs in the storefront window. That is putting it there and being proud of it because she knows no one will stop her. 
     

    Also a quarantine of her entire congressional district might be in order. Get the fence builders out there in short order and contain their level of racism and hatred ASAP.

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  19. On 2/20/2021 at 7:36 PM, Helobious said:

    As a 4th outfielder/pinch runner I don’t hate him. He’s still pesky as fuck to get out as a batter as well. But he will be an out.

    He’s fun to watch in-person and is still a fan favorite here. For four million it’s a good signing and he wants to end his career with the Yankees so I am more than glad to see him back. 

  20. 5 hours ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

    get it fucking done. fuck republicans. leave them in the dust

    The only part of this that is not bi-partisan are the members of the death cult in the House and Senate that will not vote for anything they are unable to take full credit for. When the percentage of the country as a whole is overwhelmingly behind the stimulus and yet they find themselves unable to vote in favor of it you know exactly why that is. 

  21. 1 hour ago, Beau Vine said:

     

    The longer that channel stays on the air the more damage gets done to the minds of millions of people in this country. This just has to stop. It is dangerous and we know what lying to large groups of people leads to. This is not a freedom of speech issue anymore. This is a group of people filling up the minds of the more easily influenced with pure propaganda while they are able to sit back and watch the carnage their words are causing with no repercussions.

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