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

[henrygandorf 29189]

1 hour ago, Anastasis said:

This is a good example of the twitter misinformation machine, and why embeds should be turned off in the CR. 

There are zero media reports out there that identify this individual as a republican. That appears to be totally manufactured nonsense. The situation in AZ was a man lighting a regular USPS drop box on fire, not a ballot drop box. Every article I have seen shares quotes from the investigating officers that report that the fire was not politically motivated, was not targeting the election, and the perp was an individual well known to the local police that wanted to do something to get himself arrested. 

man, it's like you can't even go around lighting mailboxes on fire without it being 'political'.

sad.

[South Austin 52443]

7 minutes ago, Pancho said:

JV is going on Rogan tomorrow

I'm guessing a majority of the listening audience are (1) MAGA assholes who have already voted for Trump, or (2) MAGA assholes who are too lazy to actually vote.

[Surly Bevo 24908]

4 minutes ago, Foosters said:

verlander

Will his wife and cameras be there?

[David Dennison 18844]

21 minutes ago, chainsaw said:

https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/focus/20241024-argentina-plunged-into-recession-as-milei-s-government-imposes-drastic-budget-cuts

I'm talking about mass deportation.

[Pancho 44692]

 

[Brisketexan 105057]

18 minutes ago, Royalfan5 said:

Sure but those kids are going need a few years til they have the required strength to work in the plants. 

Of course.

That's what the pre-deportation "internment camps" will be for - to bridge that gap till the new wave of babies turns 9-10 (prime working age).  See, first we round up the dirty browns (illegals, immigrants, citizens, it don't make a shit).  Then, we decree that they have each cost the country $1 million, and they first need to work off their debt, THEN we'll deport them.  And we will provide them a handy-dandy way to work off their debt: work in all the meat plants, construction jobs, etc. that they were already doing, except now, their wages are paid directly to the US Government (via PO Box that just happens to be near Mar A Lago).  And those workers, working off their debt, will be available only to a limited number of enterprises that meet the "sufficiently MAGA" criteria, which are 1) declare unwavering obedience to Trump and 2) send/funnel lots of money to Trump.

Voila: crisis averted, Trump enriched, Trump donors enriched, dark people functionally enslaved.  Gosh almighty, it just makes ya tingly to think about it!

[Underdog 28544]

3 minutes ago, Surly Bevo said:

Will his wife and cameras be there?

Angie's hotter. 

[locodos 5387]

Just now, David Dennison said:

I'm talking about mass deportation.

My inner evil asshole would laugh and laugh at those idiots trashing the economy by deporting immigrants... straight up destroying agriculture, meat packing, service industry, construction, etc...  "How could this have happened?!!1!, Who could have seen this coming?"  

Who indeed

[Surly Bevo 24908]

2 minutes ago, Underdog said:

Angie's hotter. 

Damn shame Trump is gonna deport her.

[gernblansten 3196]

6 minutes ago, Surly Bevo said:

Will his wife and cameras be there?

 

5 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

I'm talking about mass deportation.

[SydneyCarton 48054]

1 hour ago, The Dog said:

What the fuck?

 

What, what the fuck? Explain it to me like I'm Helobiou's golden retriever.

27 minutes ago, chainsaw said:

https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/focus/20241024-argentina-plunged-into-recession-as-milei-s-government-imposes-drastic-budget-cuts

 

Elon's been saying this for awhile. Argentina would have to feel the pain, but would end up in a better place. As if they haven't been feeling the pain for fucking years. 

[David Dennison 18844]

Just now, locodos said:

My inner evil asshole would laugh and laugh at those idiots trashing the economy by deporting immigrants... straight up destroying agriculture, meat packing, service industry, construction, etc...  "How could this have happened?!!1!, Who could have seen this coming?"  

Who indeed

It's a cynical load of bullshit to get votes.

Always has been.

The economy would grind to a halt and go into reverse if they tried anything close to what they promise.

[Valmy77 13225]

Just now, SydneyCarton said:

Elon's been saying this for awhile. Argentina would have to feel the pain, but would end up in a better place. As if they haven't been feeling the pain for fucking years. 

It will be hell on earth but it will line up to my ideology better, thus a better place.

[Mo Horn 8822]

 

 

[Underdog 28544]

3 minutes ago, Surly Bevo said:

Damn shame Trump is gonna deport her.

I love her, I love her, I love her
And where she goes I'll follow, I'll follow, I'll follow


I will follow her
Follow him, wherever he may go
There isn't an ocean too deep
A mountain so high it can keep me away

[Valmy77 13225]

1 minute ago, David Dennison said:

It's a cynical load of bullshit to get votes.

Always has been.

The economy would grind to a halt and go into reverse if they tried anything close to what they promise.

Well that is the thing. They won't do shit. Especially not with Trump in charge. You would need somebody insane and fanatically ideological to actually do this plan. Trump is many things but his ideology is Trump, not nativist anarcho-capitalism.

[Surly Bevo 24908]

2 minutes ago, Valmy77 said:

It will be hell on earth but it will line up to my ideology better, thus a better place.

Reminds me of this

 

[locodos 5387]

2 minutes ago, Valmy77 said:

Well that is the thing. They won't do shit. Especially not with Trump in charge. You would need somebody insane and fanatically ideological to actually do this plan. Trump is many things but his ideology is Trump, not nativist anarcho-capitalism.

*cough*Stephen Miller*cough*

[SydneyCarton 48054]

4 minutes ago, Valmy77 said:

It will be hell on earth but it will line up to my ideology better, thus a better place.

You know, I'd love to be in a system where we only spend what we have. But he'd be cutting social security, medicare/medicaid, obamacare, education. Every single social safety net and program that improves us as people. And there's no guarantee they would ever return even if we got debt to zero. We have to cut ourselves out of debt, but we hvae to tax ourselves out of debt too. 

[henrygandorf 29189]

 

[Valmy77 13225]

1 minute ago, SydneyCarton said:

You know, I'd love to be in a system where we only spend what we have. But he'd be cutting social security, medicare/medicaid, obamacare, education. Every single social safety net and program that improves us as people. And there's no guarantee they would ever return even if we got debt to zero. We have to cut ourselves out of debt, but we hvae to tax ourselves out of debt too. 

Sure I would to. And we were in that system before Republicans massively started slashing taxes. And they will do so again once in power. No amount of cuts will fix it.

[The Dog 44018]

10 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

What, what the fuck? Explain it to me like I'm Helobiou's golden retriever.

39 minutes ago, chainsaw said:

It's not appearing on the embedded tweet but it's the gender gap - or the lack of one:

[henrygandorf 29189]

f the yankees. 

[RDCanecutter 26379]

1 hour ago, Valmy77 said:

IMostly to see if I committed any user errors. Wouldn't want to try to vote for Al Gore and accidentally vote for Pat Buchanan or anything.

I think it's way past time for you to quit checking that ballot, and turn it in.

[Bullneck 19070]

18 minutes ago, Valmy77 said:

It will be hell on earth but it will line up to my ideology better, thus a better place.

I heard a clip of him talking about short term hardships. 

Not for him of course. He’s a billionaire. 

[SydneyCarton 48054]

9 minutes ago, The Dog said:

It's not appearing on the embedded tweet but it's the gender gap - or the lack of one:

The Election Lab/SushiHorn thread is thattaway, sir. Or Brisket will just invite you onto the ledge. 

[Brisketexan 105057]

3 minutes ago, RDCanecutter said:

I think it's way past time for you to quit checking that ballot, and turn it in.

[Brisket, crumpling up his ballot for Al Smith]

[Bullneck 19070]

11 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

f the yankees. 

Bullneck, Jr. goes to college in the midst of all that red.  It worries me that some loon might target his school after trump loses. 

[linux 1660]

They need to blast that comparison to shock therapy in Argentina. Or at least point out that the economic planis to crash the economy

[Brisketexan 105057]

3 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

The Election Lab/SushiHorn thread is thattaway, sir. Or Brisket will just invite you onto the ledge. 

I long ago stopped gatekeeping on the ledge.  Whoever wants to join us can do so.  Bring snacks, though.  

[Gatorubet 30185]

1 hour ago, Royalfan5 said:

So if you are already need them cause your already short, what are you going to do when you make it a bunch shorter?

Well…. They’ll fit under the cows better when milking.

[Pescado_Rojo 19413]

1 minute ago, Brisketexan said:

I long ago stopped gatekeeping on the ledge.  Whoever wants to join us can do so.  Bring snacks, though.  

Just like every place else in Austin, it's getting too fucking crowded.

[mchookem 16320]

45 minutes ago, Chopper said:

Mildly interesting: Trump had an affair (that hasn't been reported on yet) before he was President and paid for the woman's abortion. The woman is a Black public figure from Texas, Tamron Hall. NBC had the information before the 2016 election but killed the story. https://www.interestingmysteries.com/p/the-rumor

 

see?? he's not racist!

[Serak The Preparer 3431]

  

2 hours ago, Js1 said:

Oh look they caught the guy who was setting fire to ballot collection boxes in AZ

I thought it was ANTIFA????

 

 

 

 

 

1 hour ago, Anastasis said:

 

This is a good example of the twitter misinformation machine, and why embeds should be turned off in the CR. 

There are zero media reports out there that identify this individual as a republican. That appears to be totally manufactured nonsense. The situation in AZ was a man lighting a regular USPS drop box on fire, not a ballot drop box. Every article I have seen shares quotes from the investigating officers that report that the fire was not politically motivated, was not targeting the election, and the perp was an individual well known to the local police that wanted to do something to get himself arrested. 

But here we are. 

 

Here is an article directly related to this incident:

https://www.azfamily.com/2024/10/24/usps-blue-collection-box-damaged-by-fire-overnight-phoenix/

Here is the police statement:

https://www.phoenix.gov/policesite/MediaAdvisories/Arson 3900 N 7th Ave.pdf

Here is another from a prior run in with police:

https://www.abc15.com/news/crime/pd-duct-taped-suspect-held-for-glendale-police-after-attacking-surprise-officer

 

Replying only because I suspect a significant number of posters have Ana on ignore, just an important reminder that it's not just @tx 3 putt who posts semi-random tweets that may or may not be bullshit. Always good to be a little suspicious about news we want to see.

Edited October 29 by Serak The Preparer

[Longhorn94 2448]

22 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

You know, I'd love to be in a system where we only spend what we have. But he'd be cutting social security, medicare/medicaid, obamacare, education. Every single social safety net and program that improves us as people. And there's no guarantee they would ever return even if we got debt to zero. We have to cut ourselves out of debt, but we hvae to tax ourselves out of debt too. 

its never been about reducing the debt. its about saying that to trick the masses but really its all about tax cuts. that's all its ever been about. they will burn down everything we are as a country for tax cuts for themselves and they don't care because FUCK YOU, I GOT MINE. 

That is the last 50 years of Republican Party. That's it. That's the entire purpose and meaning.

Edited October 29 by Longhorn94

[SydneyCarton 48054]

2 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

I long ago stopped gatekeeping on the ledge.  Whoever wants to join us can do so.  Bring snacks, though.  

 

Just now, Pescado_Rojo said:

Just like every place else in Austin, it's getting too fucking crowded.

This week, I feel like I've bypasses the ledge and just tied a rope arund my wasit to an ugly trump looking gargoyle and I'm just swinging around, waiting for that ugly fuck to topple and crush me or for the rope to just break. 

[DaysOff 7947]

I'm tired of everything being reacted to with "this is huge". It's up there with "_____ just destroyed Trump". 

One more week, brother. Hang on. Thankfully we don't have to watch our offense this Saturday.

[SimonBolivar 10957]

2 minutes ago, Pescado_Rojo said:

Just like every place else in Austin, it's getting too fucking crowded.

Can we meet at China Family on Airport? It isn't crowded and it can sometimes smell like a toilet, but damn if that Chongqing Spicy Chicken isn't the fucking bomb. I guess we better eat it up now though before they're purged. 

[Chopper 17230]

52 minutes ago, Pancho said:

 

Tamron Hall?

 

Tamron, I miss you so much :vomit:

[MidTexHorn 822]

4 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

You’d be surprised how many people truly check out on politics until the 2-4 months before an election when they can’t avoid it because of advertising, social media, and mainstream news coverage.  There’s also a shitload of people who got invested in 2020 and then checked out, thinking Trump was finished.

In our friends’ case, they’ve got three kids under the age of 12, including a toddler, their weekends are devoted to soccer, baseball, scouts, and church. They don’t sit around on message board.

My sister is a middle school counselor who is totally checked out from politics except for two months before the presidential election typically. Then she becomes completely radicalized and can’t wait to vote. She’s an angry white lesbian Trump hater voting for Kamala and she has convinced her military retiree African American wife to bail on the Republicans she’s always voted for. That’s a paragraph I never would have predicted I’d write. Weird world. 

[BurntOrange&White 39930]

So did we ever decide if Kamala Harris should go on Joe Rogan's podcast?

[bluto 4912]

1 minute ago, butthurt said:

Doesn't Texas have a bunch of foster kids without a foster home? I'm sure hot wheels would gladly sacrifice them.

Whatever the number is almost assured to grow given Abbott kneecapping the judge overseeing the shitty system 

[South Austin 52443]

2 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

So did we ever decide if Kamala Harris should go on Joe Rogan's podcast?

When has this board ever been able to collectively decide anything?

[Longhorn_Fan68 33859]

1 minute ago, South Austin said:

When has this board ever been able to collectively decide anything?

you're making this too easy

[MidTexHorn 822]

4 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

So did we ever decide if Kamala Harris should go on Joe Rogan's podcast?

Don’t give a fuck. I wouldn’t bail on any other plans to do so if I was her. Itnwould be a nice to have and she’d kick ass but I don’t think it would move the needle much with that group. 

[BurntOrange&White 39930]

1 minute ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

you're making this too easy

This subtle yet obvious joke is fantastic. 

[South Austin 52443]

2 minutes ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

you're making this too easy

Okay, Poindexter.

[Bozo_Casanova 26434]

1 hour ago, BehoId, The Underminer! said:

Yeah, locking down Puerto Rico's imaginary electoral votes is a step below huge.

 

Username checks out. 
A couple of things - first, the Puerto Rican paper is really more of an indicator of sentiment then a driver of behavior. Second, and far more importantly however, 2/3 of all "Puerto Ricans" actually reside in the mainland US, including about 6% of the population in Florida and nearly 4% of the population of Pennsylvania.

[jimmyjazz 45880]

23 minutes ago, Pescado_Rojo said:

Just like every place else in Austin, it's getting too fucking crowded.

That's why nobody goes there any more.

[The Dog 44018]