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Brisketexan

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  1. Just now, Pancho said:

    That’s because the conservative was supposed to win but since turnip started with his 51st state shit, his numbers have nosedived to the point where he might lose tonight. This was supposed to be a cakewalk for the Canadian conservatives 

    Yep.  And all that the liberals have to do is paint Poilievre as a Canadian Trumpist (they say all the same shit)....which they did.  Effortlessly, really.

    I am not a man given to ANY hope these days.  But it is POSSIBLE that one silver lining of Trump functionally declaring war on the entire world (yes, MAGAs, that's what launching a trade war against literally every country (except Russia and such, of course), and characterizing those countries as our enemies (his actual word) does) is that in the rest of the world, Trump-style right-wing autocrat/fascist/racist candidates are much less attractive than they once were.  The Economist did a whole piece on this.  We'll see how it turns out, but if you are in a country that Trump has recently shit on and threatened your trade and/or sovereignty (so....every country), Trump is becoming a toxic brand.

  2. 1 hour ago, SubliminalHorn said:

    This talk of shortages and small business closing, I’ve got to think that the cult of money will put an end to the cult of maga. The money cult has been around waaaaayy longer. Will it be too late by the time that happens? I don’t know but the suspense is killing me

    52 minutes ago, SubliminalHorn said:

    I’m talking more about everyday people. Small business, entrepreneurs, white collar workers. The vast majority of people. You start fucking with people’s money and shit can turn real fast. The oligarchs are gonna oligarch. But I think the only way regular Americans snap out of this is them becoming poorer in a rapid fashion. Add in the coming shortages and that is ripe for lots of unrest. Does that finally break the maga fever? And again, will it be too late

    Dude....the everyday people are EXACTLY the people who don't fucking matter, and will get it right in the ass, as intended.

    Eliminate all small and local businesses.  Force consolidation of all enterprises under a handful of multi-billion dollar enterprises.  Local florists?  Local restaurants?  Local anythings?  GTFO.  You'll be eating at TeslaCafes and acquiring all goods from Amazon soon, and you'll take it like a bitch.

    Because remember, turning us into EXACTLY a Russian oligarchy is how you "Make America Great Again."  They have told us and shown us exactly what they are doing, and exactly what they intend to accomplish.  We should believe them.

  3. fucking idiot
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    So wait…which is it…are we going make great, beautiful deals with 200 countries, so these tariffs that we are using for leverage will go down (and thus not yield much revenue), or are big, beautiful tariffs going to stay so high that they raise so much revenue (from US consumers, by the way) that they replace the income tax?
    Dumbest. Fucking. Timeline.
  4. It is.  But so many seem so cowed by the administration.
    The good news is that even though the P2025 crowd is in full effect in their malevolent agenda, the competence in execution may actually be worse than Trump I.

    On a parallel note, I’m going to be sending both a contribution to Harvard’s endowment and a personal note to the Board of Regents. I’d suggest that this moment in history may be WHY Harvard was/should have been created in the first place. It predates the Republic. It helped form it. Now, it has to stand and fight for it. If they HADN’T stepped up for this fight, then they would have surrendered whatever institutional credibility they had.
  5. It's CRAZY the difference in reaction between deporting citizens and stealing their ID along the way, and when DT had a collective REEEEEE over facemasks. All the biggest MUH FREEDUMS folks are AWOL on this issue

    Every. Fucking. One of them.
    It was never about actual Constitutional rights and the protection of liberty AT ALL. It was never anything more than toddler-level oppositional defiance disorder, usually layered with baked-in white supremacy.
    “Conservatives” have NO credibility on matters of Constitutional rights and protections. None. Zero.
  6. I think that is a bit disingenuous to say its because they are not white. It is because there is argument around whether or not they are even citizens. I understand there are concerns arguments around constitutionality and human rights and all that. I am not trying to open that door. But by saying it's just because they "arent white" is lazy and youre looking to be as dramatic as the other side that screams they are all terrorists or gang members.  

    1) They’re already deporting citizens. Juvenile citizens. I thought you people were all-in on “WE MUST PROTECT THE CHILDREN!” Add that to the pile of lies.
    2) Fun fact: the protections of the Constitution largely apply to non-citizens as well. So, add “CONSTITUTION-LOVING CONSERVATIVE” to that Mt Everest-sized pile of lies.
    Oh, and add 3) funny that the “maybe they ain’t even no citizen!” panic is almost exclusively about people who don’t look like, you know, “real Americans.”

    It’s all white supremacy nativist panic wrapped up in a not-even-very-refreshed label. Own it.
  7. So, this was kind of interesting.  Reportage on the most recent hearing in the Perkins Coie case.
    https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/a-reporter-s-notes-of-the-april-23-perkins-coie-hearing
    Recall that the government was enjoined from enforcing the EO against Perkins.  Usually the next step would be to formalize that TRO into a preliminary injunction pending trial.  
    In this case, Perkins moved for summary judgment and the government moved to dismiss the complaint.  I haven't read the document, but it appears the motion to dismiss was based entirely on some notion that the court was without power to adjudicate this executive action.
    The government's attorney was one Richard Lawson, a former Florida DAG (dya like dags?) and Bondi cuck, now a US DAG.  It's a name I think you'll be hearing a lot of in court cases.
    He didn't seem to be much of an asshole (compared to Drew Ensign), but was curiously uninformed about the administration's motivations and actual execution of the EO against Perkins.  The problem for him is that is exactly the kind of evidence one needs to avoid summary judgment.
    So, that Judge Howell was going to rule against the government seemed a foregone conclusion.  A central question to Howell seemed to be that if she ruled that the EO was invalid, was an injunction even necessary against its enforcement.  
    So, a couple of the key takes:  the government didn't try very hard to defend the indefensible.  It seems that a lot of their defense is a very Trumpian, "I have the power to do this and you can't stop me" without much analysis or citation of precedent.  In other words, some pretty low-quality advocacy.  The other thing Lawson tried to argue is that "this isn't as bad as it looks," that is, interpretations of starkly worded portions of the order represent a more "traditional" exercise of executive power.  Stuff like "security clearances are always subject to review and revocation," so the security clearance part is just business as usual.  And the exclusion from government buildings and services really means exclusion from SCIFs, not courthouses and government transaction websites like EDGAR, or uspto.gov.
    But without evidence of any of that, the order pretty much speaks for itself and its intemperate tone dooms it to invalidity.
    One fun note, Howell dinged Lawson repeatedly on how the settlements with other firms basically address none of the alleged national security concerns of the order, instead settling just for free legal services for Trump causes.
    So, like a lot of shit Trump, the bully quietly backs down once his bullshit is called.
    Also, I saw a paywalled article that a lot of corporate IP departments are expressing dismay at the capitulating firms, ie not gonna hire em anymore.

    “You won’t even stand up for yourself, why would I trust you to stand up for me?”
    That’s an easy client call.
  8. This all makes me very grateful that my wife and I don’t give a shit about cars except in two respects: 1) for primary vehicle, give us reliability and comfort. A smooth highway ride, nice interior features, and doesn’t need a lot of maintenance. We each have 2020 era Korean SUVs (bought hers, mine was my mother’s for years, almost no miles on it), they do the trick. Then 2) I need a truck. Not often, but when I need it, I need it - hunting, fishing, yes I do occasionally haul shit, tow a trailer (a smoker, a boat, etc). So, I still have my 99 F-150 V8 4wd, that I bought new in 99. Coupla years ago, put $2500 into it to finally fix a buncha things (fuel pump, doors that were busted, AC). Still tools along and does its thing. People stop me in parking lots asking if I’m interested in selling it. Nope. Gonna keep it till it’s wrecked or goes full-on tits up…and even then, I can surely drop a new powertrain into it for 20% of what a new truck would cost.
    It’s ugly, and he paint is faded, my wife kinda hates it…but she has to repeatedly acknowledge how handy it is.

  9. The Swedes do very, very, VERY little well, culinarily. The meatballs are a real thing, those little pancakes with lingonberries are quite good…and all the herring. When we’ve been in the Nordics, I’ve eaten ALL the herrings, but I’m the only one in my family who likes it. Smoked, curried, pickled, creamed, all of it. But I definitely understand how it’s a specialized taste.

  10. 3 minutes ago, WineGuy69 said:

    Yea for sure. Why would I have a problem with liberals owning a gun if they do it legally?

    Mostly because most conservatives, who we all THOUGHT were super-worried about an authoritarian government casually acting outside the rule of law and sweeping people up without regard for the constitution....but it turns out they were only worried about that in their fever-dreams when they thought that might happen to white people.  So, you'll understand when we doubt the sincerity of any conservative's professed reverence for constitutional rights.

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