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UpperWestside

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  1. 2 hours ago, TexEx15 said:

    This is something I have been thinking about.  I’m not sure ex-presidents should be given classified briefings but trump damn sure should not be given this information.

    This would be an instance where I would be okay with Joe Biden putting out an executive order blocking him from getting any of this. Tell him to F Around and Find Out what happens if he wants to challenge Biden on that.

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  2. Received some texts from a family member yesterday that drove home the amount of damage Trump did to this country. I realize there are probably hundreds of thousands of families who are torn apart right now because of the last 4-5 years and then this election. I did not shame the person or say anything negative back. I just told them that they were not saying anything that was uplifting in nature and that they were capable of using their cognitive skills in a much more positive way than that.

    I told them if they would provide me with what it is they are reading to come to the conclusions they have that I will at least take the time to read what they deem to be factual. It was kinda sad to be honest to get those texts, but just gotta stay upbeat about things and not try to push folks further down a dangerous path.

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  3. 1 hour ago, Mo Horn said:

     

    When I read a quote about it being impossible to exercise their faith without being in the actual building, well, we know that to not be a factual statement. You can practice your faith in your own home at any time of day. 

  4. So far the off-season has been pretty good for the Purple and Gold. Bringing Pope back was a really nice move. He basically did what Green did not and now he more/less fills that salary slot. I am glad for Rondo and that he got one last good contract. I imagine he will get traded at the deadline to a contender. Hopefully it is someone in the East. When he does retire I think he can become a very good coach because there is no player in the league that understands the game better than he does. 

  5. 8 hours ago, burntorangebongos said:

    It is a legit news story, are you crazy? How else would we know Hunter has a nine inch dick, genius? 

    Of everything that has happened in the last five years this barely registers with me. I mean the mountain of bull we have had to listen to or read about day after day was a beat down for the country as a whole. 

    A story peddled by a lawyer with brainworms who is representing the outgoing narcissist-in-chief, who also has brainworms, is not something to take real seriously, especially when they would not let the story be verified in any quantifiable way. Giving that story to the New York Post is akin to handing it to The National Enquirer. 

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  6. 46 minutes ago, bad_teammate said:

    Root it out and punish it, sure. Fines and eternal disqualification for him and his cronies. I don't oppose that.

    What I oppose is the melodramatic urge liberals are indulging that will immediately explode in their faces and make everything worse. This isn't television.

    A former President is not going to jail. Jesus Christ

    Jail, however satisfying that might be, won’t happen as you mentioned. Causing him and his family eternal financial ruin, even worse than the likely 10 figures of debt he owes to various sources, is okay with me. That will be a state level decision though. There are consequences to a lifetime of treating people in a disrespectful and dishonest way. 
     

    Taking away his twitter machine, well, okay that would make me laugh because of the meltdown that would ensue. 

  7. 22 minutes ago, Degenerate Gardner said:

    And I'm tired of people of equivocating between parties with both sides garbage. One side is systemically obstructionist whether it be impeachment inquiries or actually improving access health care. One side undermines democracy on the reg. Dems are imperfect to be sure. but their faults are orders of magnitude less threatening to our nation's well being at present.

    You tell me how the Dems can work in good faith with Mr. 'it's too close to the election to confirm Merrick Garland' McConnell.

    Well you could attempt to work in good faith with him, but McConnell’s words and actions are there for all to see. When you cannot trust someone because there is factual evidence showing why you cannot trust them you cannot work in good faith with them. If McConnell is your leader it also tells you about those he represents in his party/cult or whatever it is that they are. You do not ascend to where he is at if you do not have willing collaborators who share in and welcome complete dishonesty in both words and actions. 

  8. 18 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:

    Yep. Like @'stache I used to use exclusively Hispanic or Mexican but I've switched to Latino when I think about it because the group we're actually talking about should include Brazilians but not Spaniards. Spaniards are white Europeans.

    I live around a fairly large population of Brazilians here and will have in-laws eventually that are Brazilian. They prefer to be their own distinct group of people. They are quite a unique group of folks, even by the standards here in NYC and all of the diversity in culture. 

  9. Just now, atomheartbevo said:

    MTG: "STATES RIGHTS STATES RIGHTS"

    D.C.:  "We have more restrictive laws, that our locals wanted."

    MTG: "FUCK YOUR LOCALS IMMA GONNA HAVE TO GET CONGRESS INVOLVED TO CRACK DOWN AND CHANGE YOUR LAWS!"

    She is absolutely going off the deep end really early. She needs help ASAP from some doctors. Democrats are going to have to have some discussions about her with whatever sane Republicans are left that want to stay as far away from this stuff as possible. She reminds me 100 percent of some of the homeless people who get on the train and say crazy things. They just do not have the platform she does to disseminate lies and crazy conspiracy theories. 

  10. This woman is absolutely a detriment to our country. The adults in the room, wherever they are hiding at, need to put an end to this and send her back home, permanently. She is 100 percent mentally unstable and needs to be checked into the nearest psychiatric ward. She is going to be responsible for someone getting killed with the rhetoric and flat-out easily debunkable lies she is already telling. This is the kind of behavior that has to be shutdown swiftly and without the opportunity for it to continue. 

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  11. 1 hour ago, Sheep Have Wool said:

    This is a very wholesome post for something that made me think, "Wait, did I click on the Wives and the Stupid Shit They Say/Do thread?"

    I know there is a lot of folks who are going to have a holiday season that will make them want to drink non-stop until January. If I were back in Texas I would cross paths with Trumpkin family members and I do not want to hear all of that. A lot of people here are going to have crazy relatives drive them nuts with that stuff. Should make for some pretty good stories! 

  12. 2 hours ago, Queen Bitch said:

    Hoooooo boy, this lady is a lot

     

    She needs to be barred from entering Congress. There is nothing funny about what she is doing. Blatantly lying about DC being a war zone with Antifa everywhere, as well as a ridiculous lie about gyms being closed, should be enough for normal human beings to just say enough is enough. 

  13. I am the only member of my family who does not reside in Texas. I wanted to visit them this year, but it is not looking likely because of COVID. I usually decorate early for the holidays, but I started earlier this year (A month ago) because 2020 has just had so much sad news that I wanted to be able to pour some energy into something positive. I have been somewhat deliberate and have taken my time putting up decorations in my apartment, but I am to the point where it is time to get some lights and garland put up around the ceiling and then add the tree the day after Thanksgiving. The kitchen and bathroom are almost done as far as decorations go. A Christmas shower curtain should be arriving this afternoon. I would love for my mom to be here in East Harlem to celebrate the holidays, but it is not safe for her at all to get out and be around people. She lives outside the small town I grew up in and has my brother, his girlfriend and her first granddaughter there with her so she will have a good holiday season with them, which is great.

    To those of you who can use COVID as a valid excuse this year to not visit relatives you do not want spoiling your holidays, awesome. To those who are going to somehow be forced to see some of them anyhow, well, good luck with all that and be nice to your drunk, crazy uncle and his lizard people conspiracy! 

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  14. 1 hour ago, atomheartbevo said:

     

    This is the kind of stuff our government is going to have to step in on and put a stop to. This is blatant propaganda and is misleading millions of people into not believing what they have seen transpire. Fox should have to pay a monetary penalty that bankrupts them for what they are continuing to do with stuff like this even being allowed to air.

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  15. 1 minute ago, Enchubben said:

    1. Texas would have had Alabama like success over the last decade if colt had not gotten hurt in 2009.

    I try to completely forget that moment as best I can. Texas definitely does not wander the wilderness for the last ten years and at least would have been in contention for another title, or possibly two, if not for that debilitating injury at such a key moment.

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  16. 1 minute ago, Enchubben said:

    Cmon man at least tag me!

    I don’t give a flying fuck about the Koch brothers; I merely pointed out the absurdity in hoping they burn in hell because they are magically responsible for coronavirus deaths.

    Apparently that is a hill some are willing to die on. 

    Have you happened to have read anything that folks have pointed out to you about this subject? They have some blame to share. There are unintended consequences of our actions and their actions definitely contributed to the response we saw from Washington that did lead to many thousands upon thousands of people needlessly dying. The hill one is willing to die on is a topic you might want to do some introspection on. We all say things at times that come back to bite us or times where we are shown how our opinion was not optimal. This would be one of those times for you.

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