Trump’s America

[South Austin 51878]

4 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

leopard eats face, this will pass jan 21 

 

I love my dad, but he voted for Trump, and he gets disability from the Marine Corps. Have fun with that, pops, and see you at Thanksgiving.

Edited 3 hours ago by South Austin

[tx 3 putt 75788]

1 minute ago, CTC2 said:

Trump killed shame. As evidenced in this board, people no longer feel shame about expressing things or behaving in a manner that puts the worst of human behavior on display.  It’s all about “I’ve got mine and fuck everyone else”.  In essence, he has given people license to be their shitty selves and kind of be proud of it. 
Roger Stone said it last night when asked about Trump’s appeal. His response was that Americans view Trump as being just like them.  I believe it. 

 

he speaks at a level that the majority of the us understands 

[Thatguy 8232]

32 minutes ago, Frank Drebin said:

You ever think maybe your constant hysterics contributed to her desire to live overseas?  Assuming you’re like this in real life?  You need help.  Life is good.  Your team has taken a loss.  Dust yourself off and get back to it. Politics will swing back. They always do.   We live in about the safest and most prosperous time in history.  Being born healthy in this country = privilege.  
 

You act like you live in a war zone or something. 

"Politics will swing back. They always do" You mean how we used to tax the top line at 70%. Or how we deregulated and it swung back? Or how the Prison industrial complex shrank back down? Shall I keep going?

[B00M 6176]

1 hour ago, softlynow said:

The budget deficit is around -$1.8 T. Discretionary spending is about -$1.6T with just under half being military. 
 

I know Elon is generally full of shit, but you’d have to make serious Social Security and/or Medicare. 
 

So, yeah, we’re all gonna feel it. 

Yeah we 🚨 bothsides 🚨 super fucked up allowing the debt mountain to grow so large that simply making the minimum payment on the interest now exceeds what we spend on our military. We essentially did this to ourselves in just a few decades. If you remove our debt servicing costs, our deficit is more like a quaint $800B. 

Edited 3 hours ago by B00M

[GenXer 2653]

5 minutes ago, HOOKEM4 said:

My FIL is gonna have fun with this one. Not sure how he will blame the dems but he will. Leapards will eat...lulz.

FIL tunes into foxnews for breaking analysis

[GenXer 2653]

7 minutes ago, South Austin said:

I love my dad, but he voted for Trump, and he gets disability from the Marine Corps. Have fun with that, pops, and see you at Thanksgiving.

Inflation hitting hard

[mchookem 15664]

 

2 hours ago, capnamerca said:

It's not about what I call him ... if you're drawing parallels,  I'm 100% CERTAIN that Colin Allred never called Abbot anything derogatory on the campaign trail, or encouraged his supporters to vote against the ADA.

...but there is literally not one person on this board, even those gloating, that doesn't know damn good and well that Trump has called him hot wheels or dead-leg Gregg or likely much worse.

Edited 3 hours ago by mchookem

[Constant 6637]

 

I feel lost, disjointed, and disconnected. All day, I’ve felt on the verge of tears, worried about family members who will be targets of government policies. I’m terrified for the future my daughters will grow up in. A dark shadow has been hovering over me since I read that headline this morning. I feel confused and angry, but mostly sad and afraid. I’ve been listening to this song, sitting here with my thoughts. I feel lost. I don’t know what to say to my daughters. Today feels like a dark day in America.

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[CTC2 2692]

2 minutes ago, mchookem said:

 

...but there is literally not one person on this board, even those gloating, that doesn't know damn good and well that Trump has called him hot wheels or dead-leg Gregg or likely much worse.

I have it on good authority that “limp dick” is actually the term. 

[B00M 6176]

12 minutes ago, CTC2 said:

Trump killed shame. As evidenced in this board, people no longer feel shame about expressing things or behaving in a manner that puts the worst of human behavior on display.  It’s all about “I’ve got mine and fuck everyone else”.  In essence, he has given people license to be their shitty selves and kind of be proud of it. 
Roger Stone said it last night when asked about Trump’s appeal. His response was that Americans view Trump as being just like them.  I believe it. 

Yeah, almost all boomers are in poor health and in such cognitive decline they’re shadows of their former selves, just like Trump.

[Brisketexan 104042]

30 minutes ago, Balcones said:

This is exactly what is going on in federal court in Amarillo right now. I’m glad you support that. 

Except for the part about letting women control their bodies.  And providing doctors ANY guidance or protection against being put in prison for life (or at least subjected to a ruinous criminal trial) if Ken Paxton disagrees with their medical judgment.  None of that is before the cherry-picked court.  None of that is on the Legislature's agenda.  Because they don't want it to be.  They like it this way.

Nobody gives a fuck about your faux concern about the alleged sale of fetal tissue because if that was the actual concern, it could have been dealt with easily, without destroying Roe and imposing a draconian abortion ban.  Because, of course, it was never about any of that shit.  It is, and always has been, about control and subjugation.

A shitload of women aren't on board with that, and don't want to live in a society that subjects them to that.  But that's the feature, not a bug.

Edited 2 hours ago by Brisketexan

[Frank Drebin 5455]

17 minutes ago, CTC2 said:

Trump killed shame. As evidenced in this board, people no longer feel shame about expressing things or behaving in a manner that puts the worst of human behavior on display.  It’s all about “I’ve got mine and fuck everyone else”.  In essence, he has given people license to be their shitty selves and kind of be proud of it. 
Roger Stone said it last night when asked about Trump’s appeal. His response was that Americans view Trump as being just like them.  I believe it. 

We need white liberals — renowned for their civility, kindness and measured speech — to teach all of us miscreants their virtuous ways.  

[pacman 7250]

23 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

leopard eats face, this will pass jan 21 

 

What am I missing here? This is not a reduction bill.

The bill repeals two provisions that reduce the amount of benefits paid to them. By removing them, citizens will see an increase in benefits. This is a spending bill to the tune of an estimated $186 million over 4 years.

Edited 2 hours ago by pacman

[CTC2 2692]

3 minutes ago, B00M said:

Yeah, almost all boomers are in poor health and in such cognitive decline they’re shadows of their former selves, just like Trump.

Gen X’ers (of which I am one) are just as bad. Amazed to see what has happened to people I went to high school with in the 80’s.  They are rabid religious nuts who are hardly recognizable from their younger selves.  

[Evil Bill Obrien 3086]

35 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

leopard eats face, this will pass jan 21 

 

Whelp looks like the FAFO is gonna start early for a whole lot of people who just voted for it...good. Fuck them olds on Social Security throw them out into the streets with the Haitians eating the cats and the dogs they were so worried about. 

 

EDIT: Hand up, didn't read the bill and looks like surprise, surprise, Pablo Manríquez didn't read it either. What he described isn't what this bill does, it actually removes offsets to SS for people who receive other benefits like pensions or disability benefits. 

Edited 2 hours ago by Evil Bill Obrien

[B00M 6176]

4 minutes ago, Frank Drebin said:

We need white liberals — renowned for their civility, kindness and measured speech — to teach all of us miscreants their virtuous ways.  

Did you watch the VP debate? It was very civil. Did it bore you? Think about that…
 

 

 

[Frank Drebin 5455]

3 minutes ago, CTC2 said:

Gen X’ers (of which I am one) are just as bad. Amazed to see what has happened to people I went to high school with in the 80’s.  They are rabid religious nuts who are hardly recognizable from their younger selves.  

Maybe they’d be better served being rabid political nuts like cloak roomers.  

[B00M 6176]

3 minutes ago, Evil Bill Obrien said:

Whelp looks like the FAFO is gonna start early for a whole lot of people who just voted for it...good. Fuck them olds on Social Security throw them out into the streets with the Haitians eating the cats and the dogs they were so worried about. 

Such a monster… At least get them some of that fine North Korean dog meat.

 

[CTC2 2692]

Just now, Frank Drebin said:

Maybe they’d be better served being rabid political nuts like cloak roomers.  

Just maybe try not being a douche. That’s a good start. Or maybe, The Golden Rule?  
Your pride in acting out this way is exactly what I’m talking about.  You’re not triggering anyone.  You are just proving our point. 
 

[CTC2 2692]

10 minutes ago, Frank Drebin said:

We need white liberals — renowned for their civility, kindness and measured speech — to teach all of us miscreants their virtuous ways.  

The demographic data from yesterday proves my point. Clearly, the more uneducated and low information you are, the  more likely you are to be a red hat.  

[PenelopeWitherspoon 18841]

2 minutes ago, CTC2 said:

Just maybe try not being a douche. That’s a good start. Or maybe, The Golden Rule?  
Your pride in acting out this way is exactly what I’m talking about.  You’re not triggering anyone.  You are just proving our point. 
 

Ole Johnny has been a complete sack of shit for ages. He was such a cunt that he was banned, changed his name, and now only comes in here to gloat. What a sad, little cunt.

[Blotto 23333]

53 minutes ago, Balcones said:

An Dotard? I assume you think calling people retard is an insult. I guess mentally retarded people should laugh at that?

 Bestowed upon him by the guy who he writes love letters to over in North Korea. Its not our fault they quarrel sometimes. 

[Frank Drebin 5455]

5 minutes ago, PenelopeWitherspoon said:

Ole Johnny has been a complete sack of shit for ages. He was such a cunt that he was banned, changed his name, and now only comes in here to gloat. What a sad, little cunt.

Have you left for England left?

Or are you in your apartment alone with your cats?

[Brew 2952]

Lo-fucking-l at the “what if he does a good job” people. There will most certainly be things that he will do that will be a net positive, but it will be at the expense of many other things along the way. He has no reason not to unleash everything he has said he will try and do, because he only has 4 years (hopefully). There are no guardrails in place this time around, it’s open season on immigrants, people that are different than you and I, the environment, the judicial system, the alphabet soup of agencies, etc.

[PenelopeWitherspoon 18841]

1 minute ago, Frank Drebin said:

Have you left for England left?

Or are you in your apartment alone with your cats?

You really are a miserable cunt.

Methinks that your family thinks you are just as insufferable as we do, and that's why you're sitting here arguing with people over the internet versus celebrating with your family. 

[linux 1532]

1 minute ago, Brew said:

Lo-fucking-l at the “what if he does a good job” people. There will most certainly be things that he will do that will be a net positive, but it will be at the expense of many other things along the way. He has no reason not to unleash everything he has said he will try and do, because he only has 4 years (hopefully). There are no guardrails in place this time around, it’s open season on immigrants, people that are different than you and I, the environment, the judicial system, the alphabet soup of agencies, etc.

Its going to be so bad, but we need to make people understand that their water treading job was better than the fucking dustbowl in OK, end all subsidies, fire all administrative staff, end the deficit, the economy will scream no doubt, it might even rebound in 2028, but people would have learned what real hardship is, that social media bubbles don't protect you from real pain.

[Incredulity 11271]

2 minutes ago, PenelopeWitherspoon said:

do, and that's why you're sitting here arguing with people over the internet versus celebrating with your family. 

Self awareness score 0.0

[PenelopeWitherspoon 18841]

Just now, Incredulity said:

Self awareness score 0.0

I have zero reason to celebrate. And arguing with you idiots allows me to take out my frustrations on people no fucks about. But you keep being you.

2 minutes ago, linux said:

Its going to be so bad, but we need to make people understand that their water treading job was better than the fucking dustbowl in OK, end all subsidies, fire all administrative staff, end the deficit, the economy will scream no doubt, it might even rebound in 2028, but people would have learned what real hardship is, that social media bubbles don't protect you from real pain.

Loss of reserve currency status. You cool with that?

[linux 1532]

Honestly I don't care about reserve currency status, like it is #11231313 on my list of shits to give. I care that people are being radicalized towards fascism and neonazism and want it to stop. Establishment candidates never fared well against pure rage, that rage needed to be coopted.

Edited 2 hours ago by linux

[Frank Drebin 5455]

10 minutes ago, PenelopeWitherspoon said:

You really are a miserable cunt.

Methinks that your family thinks you are just as insufferable as we do, and that's why you're sitting here arguing with people over the internet versus celebrating with your family. 

Just got done running 5 miles.  Now at daughter’s tumbling practice.  You probably can’t relate to either.  

Edited 2 hours ago by Frank Drebin

[Da Fino 2691]

2 hours ago, B00M said:

RFK being in charge of anything might be the wildest shit to come out of this whole nightmare. Trumps cabinet will be an all-star team of weirdos and misfits. When Elon sits at that table, he will genuinely be the smartest man in the room. 

He’s going to turn on those guys pretty soon. He’s not used to having to deal with an autist like Elon who will talk back to him. He’ll probably fill the cabinet with guys like Leon Black and rinse and repeat when he gets tired of them. RFK will probably survive longer than any other cabinet member because of his last name. 

[ChiTownDoc 20982]

1 hour ago, Brisketexan said:

My daughter is in the UK.  She is well aware that it is not paradise.  Shit, the UK has a shitton of issues.  But....she is safer there.  She is not actively targeted as an enemy because of her relationship status.  If she has an at-risk pregnancy, she can get care for it no questions asked.  Her concerns about an active shooter are about zero.

At the end of the day, people mostly want to be left alone, to be able to take care of themselves/get the basic help they need, and to feel reasonably safe from external danger.

The US is not one of those places right now.  Texas especially.

Yes the targeting trans etc is worse in the US - but again depends where you are.  I’d say she is very safe in a lot of places stateside but UK is badass so good for her.  I hope you’re able to see her often.  I know that’s the hard part.  Fuck Texas.  

[Brew 2952]

7 minutes ago, Frank Drebin said:

Just got done running 5 miles.  Now at daughter’s tumbling practice.  You probably can’t relate to either.  

Do you have an actual point to make or are you just trying to run up the imaginary internet dig scoreboard you keep in your head?

[GenXer 2653]

4 minutes ago, Da Fino said:

He’s going to turn on those guys pretty soon. He’s not used to having to deal with an autist like Elon who will talk back to him. He’ll probably fill the cabinet with guys like Leon Black and rinse and repeat when he gets tired of them. RFK will probably survive longer than any other cabinet member because of his last name. 

Man, I dunno. I could probably last a week’s worth of meetings listening to RFK Jr’s voice before suggesting zoom meetings and muting them with subtitles.

[Sawbonz 26983]

40 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Except for the part about letting women control their bodies.  And providing doctors ANY guidance or protection against being put in prison for life (or at least subjected to a ruinous criminal trial) if Ken Paxton disagrees with their medical judgment.  None of that is before the cherry-picked court.  None of that is on the Legislature's agenda.  Because they don't want it to be.  They like it this way.

Nobody gives a fuck about your faux concern about the alleged sale of fetal tissue because if that was the actual concern, it could have been dealt with easily, without destroying Roe and imposing a draconian abortion ban.  Because, of course, it was never about any of that shit.  It is, and always has been, about control and subjugation.

A shitload of women aren't on board with that, and don't want to live in a society that subjects them to that.  But that's the feature, not a bug.

What pisses me off the most is all the cunts in states that had abortion on the ballot that voted themselves rights at the state level and then turned around and voted for that orange POS, fucking over all the women in places like Texas where  it will never get on the ballot except by the legislature ok-ing it

[Da Fino 2691]

32 minutes ago, Frank Drebin said:

Maybe they’d be better served being rabid political nuts like cloak roomers.  

Who are you to call people “rabid political nuts” after spending hours at a time posting about politics on a message board that doesn’t reflect ACU values? 

[HOOKEM4 4970]

I was wrong. Other dude.

Edited 2 hours ago by HOOKEM4
Hahha yup

[Da Fino 2691]

2 minutes ago, GenXer said:

Man, I dunno. I could probably last a week’s worth of meetings listening to RFK Jr’s voice before suggesting zoom meetings and muting them with subtitles.

Haha, you think he attends meeting?

1 minute ago, HOOKEM4 said:

He posts nudes of his wife here. This boy doesn't give a shit about his family or his wife. Salt of the earth trust fund baby. Just add him to ignore.

Wrong guy. 

[PenelopeWitherspoon 18841]

9 minutes ago, Frank Drebin said:

Just got done running 5 miles.  Now at daughter’s tumbling practice.  You probably can’t relate to either.  

I chose not to have kids, but I do have a godson (in Milton Keynes). 

I swam two miles today. Congrats on your run I guess?

I hope your daughter never has to face the consequences of your support for Donald Trump and the Republican Party, not that you think that will ever impact you. Good luck in your life.

[HOOKEM4 4970]

2 minutes ago, Da Fino said:

 

Wrong guy. 

Yup. Fail!

[Captainant 27100]

16 minutes ago, Frank Drebin said:

Just got done running 5 miles.  Now at daughter’s tumbling practice.  You probably can’t relate to either.  

Lol you've been posting constantly while running 5 miles in 30 minutes? Wow you must be some kind of ubermensch 

[troph 24321]

50 minutes ago, Frank Drebin said:

We need white liberals — renowned for their civility, kindness and measured speech — to teach all of us miscreants their virtuous ways.  

You aren't a very nice person are you? You've been an asshole to me specifically.  Why are you like this? I genuinely wonder how you can be just such a uncaring person and then go home at night and be ok with yourself. I'm truly perplexed by you and others like you. I couldn't fathom being an asshole as part of who I am either online or in real life. what gives?

[Captainant 27100]

Just now, troph said:

You aren't a very nice person are you? You've been an asshole to me specifically.  Why are you like this? I genuinely wonder how you can be just such a uncaring person and then go home at night and be ok with yourself. I'm truly perplexed by you and others like you. I couldn't fathom being an asshole as part of who I am either online or in real life. what gives?

He goes to church and donates to a Haitian orphanage. He's paid his indulgences so he's free to be his basest self

[David Dennison 18154]

9 minutes ago, Da Fino said:

Who are you to call people “rabid political nuts” after spending hours at a time posting about politics on a message board that doesn’t reflect ACU values? 

Just let the irony wash over you. It's classic Johnny Sack.

[Goofyboy 3050]

Just let the irony wash over you. It's classic Johnny Sack.

The same Johnny Sack that cried like a bitch when people around here mentioned what church he attends? That’s the Billy badass that’s in here gloating?

[PenelopeWitherspoon 18841]

I just put both ole Johnny, Balcones, and Icono on ignore. Really classes up the joint. Anyone that hates like they do has some deep seated self hatred going on. See Donald Trump and Hitler.

[Mileslong 4682]

This is Trumps America

[royiv 9071]

2 minutes ago, Mileslong said:

This is Trumps America

Map is not accurate.

[hobbes2702 12665]

Guys, @Balcones supports a rapist pedo for president and David Pierce for baseball coach. Stop trying to argue with someone who’s so clearly incapable of rational thought.

[David Dennison 18154]

3 minutes ago, royiv said:

Map is not accurate.