2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.

[Valmy77 13225]

5 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Since when are we making a push for hydrogen cell cars?

Being afraid and grumpy of new technology is one of Trump's deals. He went on this bizarre rant encouraging people to buy incandescent light bulbs while President. It was weird.

[Brian Fantana 6677]

1 hour ago, 4th&Five said:

 

God damn, cooked like a goose on his own show. I don't know if I've ever seen AC so flustered.

[Valmy77 13225]

4 minutes ago, Bullneck said:

The race to create a non-C02 creating car has come down to electric or hydrogen.  I guess Elon is whispering in his ear now.

Yeah it could be that to. Buy Tesla!

But if all MAGA nation goes out and buys electric cars I guess that would be a win.

1 minute ago, tx 3 putt said:

Anybody going to this rally?

[Hornius Emeritus 12449]

18 minutes ago, wood said:

Aight ...

 

Wouldn't she be unrecognizable if she died in a ICE vehicle explosion, too?

[CTC2 2791]

17 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

That’s Christians in 2024.

The hypocrisy used to be a little more hidden, but occasionally it would blow up in public.

As a kid, I had some Christian friends - they wouldn’t drink or do pot or even curse. I could trigger them with a well-timed “fuck” and I have no idea why they tolerated me. My friends all watched as marriages of some of our parents ended spectacularly.  The dad of one of our friends cheated on our friend’s mom with another friend’s ,I’m and I don’t know how it didn’t end up win a fight because everybody knew it.  Hell, when I turned 18 and moved away to school, one of my friend’s moms left my friend’s dad for me.  We used to go over to their place to play basketball, and my dumbshit friends would actually play basketball while I stayed inside and banged her.

 

14 min without a comment…

Respect, my man. 

[Valmy77 13225]

2 minutes ago, Hornius Emeritus said:

Wouldn't she be unrecognizable if she died in a ICE vehicle explosion, too?

Well that's different. ICE vehicles are familiar and old. It is less scary to die in one of those.

[Brisketexan 105049]

Wouldn't she be unrecognizable if she died in a ICE vehicle explosion, too?

Not at all. See, it’s only the other kind, with the hydrogen, and the batteries, and the sharks. The sharks. That’s what makes her unrecognizable. Duh.

[tx 3 putt 76863]

8 minutes ago, Valmy77 said:

Yeah it could be that to. Buy Tesla!

But if all MAGA nation goes out and buys electric cars I guess that would be a win.

Anybody going to this rally?

 

20 mins walk but i’ll pass 

[Valmy77 13225]

Just now, tx 3 putt said:

 

20 mins walk but i’ll pass 

Fair. I hate the whole idea of going to a political rally even if I love the candidate.

But it would still be cool to hear what one of you thought about it if one of you go.

[Gil Bang 25907]

On 10/23/2024 at 6:27 PM, MidTexHorn said:

As a veteran and former voter for Republicans I am perpetually disgusted by everything Trump and his supporters do. Fuck them all to hell. Every one of them. Many should be imprisoned for their behavior and the people of color who vote for him deserve to be rounded up and deported immediately if he is elected ( as he’s essentially promised). 
 

Here’s a little voting anecdote for y’all. We’re south Austinites. My 50-something year old wife grew up with evangelical “Christian” Republican parents like me. We met as kids in church. She protested for the anti-abortion position at the Jimmy Carter Democratic National convention as a teen. Since we’ve been married she’s been very disinterested in politics and I would always have to try to talk her into voting and she would frequently be “too busy” to vote or “forget” to vote. Since Monday morning she’s been begging me to go vote with her. Totally new behavior for her. She also asked me to help her put together a voting list that has zero Repubs on it and as many anti-Republican positions as possible. She is disgusted by Trump and our parents who support him.
 

She dragged me to the polls twice on Monday and twice yesterday, but the long lines deterred her. Last night after dinner she asked me if I wanted to try again to go vote with her. I said, nah, I’ll try again on Thursday since I had a business trip today. So she left by herself but the line was long again and she bailed. While I was on my flight this morning, she texted that she was in line to vote. And had waited almost an hour.  I nearly cried. So proud!

Oh...I was hoping she voted multiple times.

On 10/23/2024 at 8:04 PM, Bullneck said:

Hold onto your hats.  We have dodged a bullet:

 

I'd imagine he wanted to bomb France after Macron fucked Melania

 

 

 

13 hours ago, 'stache said:

Sonic smasher is pretty darn good, but I did get it at the one “good” Sonic still in the area. Not cheap but less than Chilis and you can avoid the shame spiral from realizing you’re sitting at a table eating at fucking Chilis.

Meh.  I've had much worse shame.

12 hours ago, Valmy77 said:

I remember the giant caravan slowly moving towards our borders in the 2018 election. Did it ever get here or is this the same caravan?

Same caravan.  A shitload of Mexicans, but only 1 set of jumper cables.

10 hours ago, Tuco said:

Chili's was always my go-to if I was on a business trip that lasted more than 3 nights.  First three nights I would seek out interesting, local restaurants.  By the fourth night, I was tired and just wanted to go to some place that was easy.  

My work took me to some shitty towns.  I was always relieved to see that Chilis sign near my hotel. 

9 hours ago, heso said:

I’d love to see the numbers from Westmoreland, Washington, or Lancaster counties before I get too excited about those numbers. I expect she’ll do fine on the eastern 1/3 of the state. I’m more concerned about the western half. 

As Carville said, you've got Pittsburgh on the left, Philly on the right, and Mississippi in the middle. 

[BamaATL 16593]

12 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

 

curious to see the crowd size 

Did anyone invite Travis Scott?  

[Gil Bang 25907]

3 hours ago, Huckleberry said:

My economics teacher was a history teacher teaching another class. My government teacher was badass, though.

My HS government teacher was the best fucking teacher I ever had, including college.  He got arrested a few years back for diddling his own granddaughters. 

[tx 3 putt 76863]

3 minutes ago, Valmy77 said:

Fair. I hate the whole idea of going to a political rally even if I love the candidate.

But it would still be cool to hear what one of you thought about it if one of you go.

it’s 3  - 8 crazy 

[Valmy77 13225]

Damn that is a long time. Are they doing an entire Beyonce concert during the rally?

[honolulu horn 6158]

3 minutes ago, Gil Bang said:

My HS government teacher was the best fucking teacher I ever had, including college.  He got arrested a few years back for diddling his own granddaughters. 

[tx 3 putt 76863]

[Texas Jeff 1942]

23 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

Kamala onstage in Houston with Willie and Beyonce ... I will never be cool enough to attend such an event.

... meanwhile ... in a dark corner of a private jet terminal in Austin ... Trump and Cruz yuk it up with Joe Rogan ... so so exciting.

[wood 11225]

28 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

curious to see the crowd size 

Probably capacity imho, which is 22,000.

[tx 3 putt 76863]

1 minute ago, Texas Jeff said:

Kamala onstage in Houston with Willie and Beyonce ... I will never be cool enough to attend such an event.

... meanwhile ... in a dark corner of a private jet terminal in Austin ... Trump and Cruz yuk it up with Joe Rogan ... so so exciting.

 

it’s a dem neighborhood and u of h is very close by + downtown right there. montrose very close 

[Chopper 17230]

So, the Washington Post...

Yesterday published a map and database that looked like this

Then they realized they missed something and tonight they made a correction:

and now the map looks like this

The incompetent fucks somehow left out donations to the Trump National Committee. https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/interactive/2024/trump-harris-donors-zip-code-map/

Edited October 25 by Chopper

[tx 3 putt 76863]

5 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

it’s a dem neighborhood and u of h is very close by + downtown right there. montrose very close 

forgot about tsu and the entire 3rd ward 

[Pato del Muerto 52484]

That revised map is funny for Texas in that all the Rs that live around the periphery of the blue urban centers are donating much more than their rural counterparts.  More expendable income in the suburbs and exurbs than the farm towns?  More density to pile up a big number?  Or does proximity breed resentment?

boise and kind of Atlanta are the only similar areas. 

Edited October 25 by Pato del Muerto

[tx 3 putt 76863]

 

22 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

forgot about tsu and the entire 3rd ward 

 

and light rail goes from u of h / tsu to the stadium 

[Pato del Muerto 52484]

1 minute ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

 

and light rail goes from u of h / tsu to the stadium 

That’s pretty much the entirety of Houston light rail 

 

[tx 3 putt 76863]

1 minute ago, Pato del Muerto said:

That’s pretty much the entirety of Houston light rail 

 

 

come to think of it. 5 min walk to the rail and it drops me off at shell stadium front door 

[wood 11225]

44 minutes ago, Chopper said:

So, the Washington Post...

Pretty strong contrast there between San Marcos and NB. WTF, New Braunfels? Also a little surprised to see Williamson County, Bastrop, and Buda/Kyle so blue and Bastrop & Lockhart blue at all. Good to see.

Edited October 25 by wood

[Chopper 17230]

Interesting updated chart

[Pato del Muerto 52484]

9 minutes ago, Chopper said:

Interesting updated chart

We have got to get the money out of politics!- Rs suddenly, before being told to stfu by their mega donors. 

Edited October 25 by Pato del Muerto

[tx 3 putt 76863]

14 minutes ago, wood said:

Pretty strong contrast there between San Marcos and NB. WTF, New Braunfels? Also a little surprised to see Williamson County, Bastrop, and Buda/Kyle so blue and Bastrop & Lockhart blue at all. Good to see.

 

NB is hard core maga country

the local govt sucks donkey boner 

[tx 3 putt 76863]

this should be an ad tomorrow ….

 

im curious if his team had identified army officers that will back cause 

hugo chavez playbook 

Edited October 25 by tx 3 putt

[wood 11225]

4 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

NB is hard core maga country

the local govt sucks donkey boner 

Yep. I just thought the big, very sharp difference between SM and NB was interesting. There's no gradation at all. Just blue, then wham, red. What accounts for that? Is it the German factor that was talked about weeks ago?

Edited October 25 by wood

[Bottlecap 1523]

4 hours ago, BamaATL said:

My sex ed teacher was also our linebacker and strength and conditioning coach.  Interestingly, when I look back upon it, he was surprisingly progressive on a lot of things, in particular on people being gay.  As a coach, complete meathead, as a teacher, I have to actually give him credit.  

 

Congratulations on your 1999 Minnesota state football championship! 🎉

[B00M 6413]

1 hour ago, tx 3 putt said:

[B00M 6413]

44 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

Fox knows their audience won’t listen to a word SAS says but hannity got owned right there

[tx 3 putt 76863]

5 minutes ago, B00M said:

Fox knows their audience won’t listen to a word SAS says but hannity got owned right there

 

the fox news audience was very confused tonight 

[aggie08 21481]

SAS doesn't have many good uses, but tempting Fox News hosts to say "uppity" seems to be one of them.

[C-Man 27183]

Wait, I missed this shit yesterday. This MF’er was given, accepted and kept a veteran’s Purple Heart?!?!

https://www.threads.net/@ronaldfilipkowski/post/DBfgTystLBB?xmt=AQGzkPfObqsAovaozifp_dHw8nF6sjic1uY2ghjrytBTcQ

As one of the comments said, that is next-level Boomer stupidity giving to turnip.

[Tuco 5076]

4 hours ago, Royalfan5 said:

She’s on her way to being an Ernie Chambers/Terry Carpenter type hellraiser in the Unicameral and that’s great. If Vargas doesn’t get Don Bacon in NE-2 this time, I can see her taking it next time 

She's awesome, but way too liberal and bombastic for NE-2.  If she stays in local elected office, maybe city council.  But my guess is she starts some sort of advocacy/activist/lobbying group in Nebraska or joins one outside of Nebraska.  She will be term-limited soon, because of the rules they changed for Ernie and there just aren't many opportunities for promotions within Nebraska politics for fire-spitting progressives. 

[atomheartbevo 89621]

Did somebody post Jackson introducing Kamala?

 

[wood 11225]

42 minutes ago, aggie08 said:

SAS doesn't have many good uses, but tempting Fox News hosts to say "uppity" seems to be one of them.

Heh, I was thinking he was going for a different word, but yeah, that was also my reaction watching that. I think it almost worked.

[henrygandorf 29189]

3 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

it’s 3  - 8 crazy 

line forms at 3pm. rally starts at 7. 

assume 20k will be in line by 4-5pm. 

[Burt 4080]

5 hours ago, Thatguy said:

Then my other friend's mom left her husband for one of our group's friends as soon as he turned 18. We would go over to their place to play basketball and he would stay in the house.

Tell us more. And don't leave out any details.

Seriously, why wouldn't he come out? Because he was inside with a MILF, or out of shame? 

[South Austin 52441]

5 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

We used to go over to their place to play basketball, and my dumbshit friends would actually play basketball while I stayed inside and banged her.

[Hank_Hill 18789]

4 hours ago, wood said:

Yep. I just thought the big, very sharp difference between SM and NB was interesting. There's no gradation at all. Just blue, then wham, red. What accounts for that? Is it the German factor that was talked about weeks ago?

Nazis

[South Austin 52441]

4 hours ago, wood said:

Pretty strong contrast there between San Marcos and NB. WTF, New Braunfels? Also a little surprised to see Williamson County, Bastrop, and Buda/Kyle so blue and Bastrop & Lockhart blue at all. Good to see.

Boerne eats shit.

[Evil Bill Obrien 3256]

7 hours ago, StassneyHorn said:

The people who majored in a liberal arts major and didn’t dual or tri major are wastoids.

[SydneyCarton 48054]

6 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

20 mins walk but i’ll pass 

There will be lots of women. 

5 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

 

and light rail goes from u of h / tsu to the stadium 

There you are. Not reading and posting shit that’s been posted twice already and discussed!

[G650 14229]

8 hours ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

The crazy thing to me that there are so many smart middle-aged adults unable to admit to themselves or just now realizing that the economic orthodoxy of the 80's was bullshit

Are there though? It seems both Democratic and Republican voters reject it now. Which i find kind of wild.

[BevoAbyss 2058]

8 hours ago, StassneyHorn said:

The people who majored in a liberal arts major and didn’t dual or tri major are wastoids.

I'll tell ya who the bigger "waistoids" are:

All those frat boy fascists who've been rolling through McCombs for decades ... without having to think deeply and critically about pretty much anything serious ... that counters their naive Team Corporate Conservative Christian America worldview. 

Edited October 25 by BevoAbyss

[Bojack 2073]

3 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

Did somebody post Jackson introducing Kamala?

 

I missed the Mel Gibson endorsement. Is there anyone who's ever had a touch of celebrity that's too toxic or insane for the Trump MAGA people to embrace publicly? Mel Gibson, Antonio Brown, Roseanne Barr, Lara Logan, Kanye West, Ted Nugent, Kristi Noem, Hulk Hogan, RFK Jr, Russell Brand. I feel like there's a decent chance we'll see Bill Cosby in Pennsylvania soon.