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Mike Nellis, like me, is done pretending this court is legitimate. Hard truths ahead trash 9/1/2026 - 1:54 p.m.
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Tom Nichols: sycophancy is more important than competence Native 9/1/2026 - 7:33 a.m.
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We need these data centers... UGADawginVA 8/31/2026 - 9:22 p.m.
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Three sport senior at Gainesville HS detained by ICE, held for a September hearing Native 8/31/2026 - 8:26 p.m.
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Charlie Sykes “Piker is bad. Elon is a trillion times worse” iPhoneHobbes 8/31/2026 - 3:34 p.m.
• I thought this Charlie Sykes column was even better Native 8/31/2026 - 5:05 p.m.
• Elon actually built businesses and employs people. Not sure what the heck Piker does... LeapingLizard 8/31/2026 - 3:41 p.m.
• Elon is a corporate raider who takes credit for others' genius. How is Piker any different than Joe Native 8/31/2026 - 5:35 p.m.
• I was going to say, he buys businesses and fires a lot of people. And the bit about Piker just trash 8/31/2026 - 5:47 p.m.
• Piker has a reach of 11 million, he's very much like Rush Limbaugh on who influences Hobbes 9/1/2026 - 11:09 a.m.
• There are 50 Pikers in the right wing mediasphere. The only reason anyone is talking about him is trash 9/1/2026 - 1:56 p.m.
• Agreed, but it's ridiculous to make Dems answer for PIker when Laura Loomer is getting people Native 9/1/2026 - 12:15 p.m.
• When Musk joined Tesla (he didn’t “buy it” but invested money is first round financing) DurangoGator 8/31/2026 - 6:06 p.m.
• Then let’s keep him in business and out of Govt. DOGE showed his “brilliance” quite clearly. trash 9/1/2026 - 1:59 p.m.
• Total payroll of $10b. Starting from zero twenty years ago. Yeah, corporate raider. * BurrGator 8/31/2026 - 7:24 p.m.
• And his payroll will go to 0 if the US ever lets BYD electric cars be sold in the US. * BelmontGator 8/31/2026 - 11:23 p.m.
• SpaceX, X, Neuralink, and the Boring Company would lose all of their employees? BurrGator 9/1/2026 - 11:08 a.m.
• Musk did a great job rewriting Tesla's origin story * Native 8/31/2026 - 8:30 p.m.
• Yeah. Rescuing them from the Roadster debacle in ‘08 was terrible DurangoGator 8/31/2026 - 8:35 p.m.
• Someone can be a jerk, which Musk is, and incredibly brilliant. * DurangoGator 8/31/2026 - 7:34 p.m.
• He's really good at inflating his stock prices Hobbes 9/1/2026 - 11:04 a.m.
• He made us a lot of money before he became a racist, drugged out internet troll Native 9/1/2026 - 12:16 p.m.
• One of the most innovative people in business. Huge asset to the country and world. * BurrGator 8/31/2026 - 8:31 p.m.
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Thoughts on the Clancy trial Water lizard 8/31/2026 - 3:03 p.m.
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On the "shrinking" middle class 10EC 8/31/2026 - 11:22 a.m.
• RE: On the "shrinking" middle class Is this BBG? CONSIGLIEREG8R 8/31/2026 - 3:29 p.m.
• More current data from Pew about America's middle class shrinking Wize Guy 8/31/2026 - 12:00 p.m.
• If poor is shrinking since 1960 and I trust your link, where did they go? 10EC 8/31/2026 - 12:36 p.m.
• Don't trust his link . . . CodeMonkey 8/31/2026 - 1:02 p.m.
• I’m confused Wize 8/31/2026 - 11:55 p.m.
• RE: I’m confused CodeMonkey 9/1/2026 - 9:38 a.m.
• Dammit! Wize Guy 9/1/2026 - 10:40 a.m.
• The problem with this discussion is that there's no definition for middle class that isn't relative. Clockwork Orange 8/31/2026 - 2:54 p.m.
• Who is your boogey man? The billionaire who is believed to be hoarding wealth or 10EC 8/31/2026 - 3:05 p.m.
• The billionaires who have bought an entire political party who funded tax cuts by taking trash 8/31/2026 - 5:22 p.m.
• It's also the corporations...look at Target Native 8/31/2026 - 5:45 p.m.
• Agree with CodeMonkey that better K-12 for many kids can make a difference. Clockwork Orange 8/31/2026 - 4:16 p.m.
• the billionaires are fine. I mean they have outsized influence on our elections now more than ever BBG 8/31/2026 - 3:19 p.m.
• Who is your boogey man? The billionaire who is believed to be hoarding wealth or CodeMonkey 8/31/2026 - 3:08 p.m.
• K-12 * 10EC 8/31/2026 - 4:06 p.m.
• Wages too suffer from this . . . CodeMonkey 8/31/2026 - 3:04 p.m.
• Different metrics tell different stories, but you point at the main thing . . . Clockwork Orange 8/31/2026 - 4:20 p.m.
• The cost of housing relative to what it has proportionately been in the past is a huge factor. * GatorDJ 8/31/2026 - 5:18 p.m.
• Huge where? CodeMonkey 9/1/2026 - 12:48 p.m.
• RE: Huge where? GatorDJ 9/1/2026 - 1:45 p.m.
• Housing prices are significantly more expensive relative to income in other Western countries. * BurrGator 8/31/2026 - 7:27 p.m.
• For sure, good point. * Clockwork Orange 8/31/2026 - 6:12 p.m.
• It's not just the cost of the houses, in Florida the taxes and insurance are as much as the Native 8/31/2026 - 5:36 p.m.
• Houses are different. They have air conditioning, etc. They are much bigger than the past. CodeMonkey 8/31/2026 - 5:32 p.m.
• You're not wrong, but that's still a doubling since the 1980s, and Clockwork Orange 8/31/2026 - 6:11 p.m.
• The goal of building wealth through home ownership and home affordability aren’t DurangoGator 8/31/2026 - 6:18 p.m.
• I don't think that's true at all. Clockwork Orange 8/31/2026 - 6:35 p.m.
• If my home value grows at inflation then it really hasn’t grown at all DurangoGator 8/31/2026 - 6:54 p.m.
• The comparison is vs. rent, which has no savings component Clockwork Orange 8/31/2026 - 7:06 p.m.
• The comparison is vs. rent, which has no savings component CodeMonkey 9/1/2026 - 12:08 p.m.
• Lies, damned lies and statistics. Buying power has diminished greatly in the past 50 years and trash 8/31/2026 - 5:52 p.m.
• No it hasn't CodeMonkey 8/31/2026 - 11:08 p.m.
• My parents house was 1800 sqft. Mine is 3500 sqft. He isn't wrong. * 10EC 8/31/2026 - 8:01 p.m.
• Mine is ~2,000 - who is lecturing who here? Native 8/31/2026 - 8:25 p.m.
• Well said * Native 8/31/2026 - 7:08 p.m.
• All I know is in Florida they keep shoveling more and more money and charter schools and vouchers Native 8/31/2026 - 5:14 p.m.
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More from Jason Garcia on Hope Florida - how the GJ found wrongdoing but no wrongdoers Native 8/30/2026 - 2:52 p.m.
• In a sane state, Uthmier and Moody would be toast politically. But Florida… * D-Gator 8/30/2026 - 4:29 p.m.
• In a sane state the D’s wouldn’t have nominated a DSA member. * DurangoGator 8/31/2026 - 7:36 p.m.
• Charlie Pierce: Meatball Ron is in a $10mm pickle Native 8/31/2026 - 7:36 a.m.
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Leopard eating faces part MCMXLIX in 3-D iPhoneHobbes 8/30/2026 - 12:34 p.m.
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Bringing the Rays discussion here - just how bad did Hillsborough taxpayers get hosed? TBT has the Native 8/30/2026 - 10:28 a.m.
• sports stadia are yuge ripoffs. Freaking asshole Marlins owner Loria really screwed over Miami-Dade * iPhoneHobbes 8/30/2026 - 12:29 p.m.
• Right, like I said, it's not like baseball can routinely draw even 20K in Tampa Bay Native 8/30/2026 - 1:05 p.m.
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Alphabet has no spine....but predictable... UGADawginVA 8/30/2026 - 10:28 a.m.
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GOP snowflakes want to prevent naturalized or dual citizens from running for elected office. trash 8/30/2026 - 9:16 a.m.
• like Dr. Oz? iPhoneHobbes 8/30/2026 - 12:32 p.m.
• Mamdami and Abdul El-Sayad's success have completely freaked out the right... Native 8/30/2026 - 10:02 a.m.
• As well as some on the left. * Mudlizard 8/30/2026 - 11:55 a.m.
• Did you see Rahm Emmanuel on MoJo this morning? He continues to make a lot of sense, IMO Native 8/31/2026 - 2:53 p.m.
• That's fair; edited to add this, however. Mother Jones on how even Florida GOP operatives are Native 8/30/2026 - 1:02 p.m.
• Angie on the need for universal child care in this state Native 8/30/2026 - 10:19 a.m.
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I actually like Bill Maher. I think he is most decidedly left of center on most things, but LeapingLizard 8/29/2026 - 1:50 p.m.
• Become too big for his britches...believes he's got an opinon on everything and its right * lurch 8/30/2026 - 6:11 p.m.
• I always get him and that other dude confused . I think Dolly would have laughed at this joke iPhoneHobbes 8/30/2026 - 12:26 p.m.
• He's a douche, and he's more a constant malcontent than anything, but RGBMB (rewarding good Bill Native 8/30/2026 - 10:07 a.m.
• RE: He's a douche, and he's more a constant malcontent than anything, but RGBMB (rewarding good Bill iPhoneHobbes 8/30/2026 - 12:19 p.m.
• Darn! Maybe it's on his official website * Native 8/30/2026 - 1:03 p.m.
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HCR on corruption and Trump/Hegseth’s running the Navy into the ground. trash 8/29/2026 - 12:14 p.m.
• In addition to all the lies and cover-up about the lack of planning, supplies, and dealths/injuries Native 8/31/2026 - 6:55 a.m.
• Peabody, what’s your take on the corruption? trash 8/29/2026 - 12:17 p.m.
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Army Chief of Staff purged for, no kidding, refusing to quash the Kid Rock helicopter probe Dawgspeare 8/29/2026 - 11:46 a.m.
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“The end of cheap food” rather sobering article. iPhoneHobbes 8/29/2026 - 8:53 a.m.
• Making food less available and safe was right there in Project 2025. * Native 8/30/2026 - 10:34 a.m.
• What’s a little explosive diarrhea, e-coli, or child labor when there’s corp. profit to be boosted. trash 8/30/2026 - 12:46 p.m.
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Read this entire thread and tell me what you think I have to agree with them UGADawginVA 8/28/2026 - 9:58 p.m.
• As a 40+ year Texan, these elections are about turnout.TX is blue already other than most don't vote * lurch 8/29/2026 - 8:59 a.m.
• Independents and NPAs will decide Florida. * Native 8/30/2026 - 11:51 a.m.
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White House signals move of DC to NC Golden Gator 8/28/2026 - 12:20 p.m.
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Doug Ford renames lake America iPhoneHobbes 8/28/2026 - 11:21 a.m.
• And Google Maps now shows it. * Phred 8/31/2026 - 9:30 a.m.
• A lot of people are deleting Google Maps for Mapquest * Native 9/1/2026 - 7:18 a.m.
• This AI slop MML Native 8/30/2026 - 10:09 a.m.
• I heard he was going to rename San Andreas to Bidens... * 10EC 8/28/2026 - 2:47 p.m.
• lol, well-played... :D * BandGeek 8/28/2026 - 4:20 p.m.
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Why Trump’s socialism is hurting our economy. If you don’t follow DurangoGator 8/27/2026 - 6:15 p.m.
• Good article and thanks for posting that from Cato. LeapingLizard 8/28/2026 - 1:44 p.m.
• Good article, left unsaid, or at least not explicitly discussed is Trump’s personal stake in these trash 8/28/2026 - 10:47 a.m.
• That is a powerful piece. Thank you. A particularly insightful point Jean Voljean 8/27/2026 - 8:54 p.m.
• State capitalism or corporatism seems to fit nicely. The misallocation of resources DurangoGator 8/28/2026 - 9:06 a.m.
• Healthcare, education, and housing are prime examples. All have gotten prohibitively expensive BurrGator 8/28/2026 - 11:08 a.m.
• Again, a Yale study just released says the opposite of your health care claim Native 8/30/2026 - 10:37 a.m.
• The destruction of the middle class is a Dem wet dream and a myth. * 10EC 8/31/2026 - 8:46 a.m.
• There's no affordability crisis either, amirite? Native 8/31/2026 - 9:24 a.m.
• Compared to the world. Our middle class are rich. 10EC 8/31/2026 - 9:52 a.m.
• Give Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos and their ilk time Thunder 8/31/2026 - 10:29 a.m.
• Or they will take those that work for them to the upper middle * 10EC 8/31/2026 - 10:38 a.m.
• Kraft CEO says consumers are near their breaking point, Mikey D's and Whirlpool bosses agree Native 8/31/2026 - 10:01 a.m.
• Yet note they are not backing off prices. They have not reached their breaking point yet. 10EC 8/31/2026 - 10:27 a.m.
• Kevin Warsh is signaling interest rate hikes due to inflation, it's funny how y'all stopped Native 8/31/2026 - 11:59 a.m.
• Nope. I do care and it is totally about his idiotic tariffs. * 10EC 8/31/2026 - 12:37 p.m.
• It's not ''totally about' but it did significantly contribute to it, as did his war and tax cuts for Native 8/31/2026 - 2:24 p.m.
• I agree with you and still you are craven... * 10EC 8/31/2026 - 3:06 p.m.
• You did not exactly agree with me so I clarifed my point...talk about cravin' * Native 8/31/2026 - 5:01 p.m.
• In the synopsis is this: Mississippi Vol 8/30/2026 - 12:13 p.m.
• The “study” is non-peer reviewed Chemosabe 8/30/2026 - 1:16 p.m.
• For sure more studies are needed, but it doesn't mean the results are invalid Native 8/30/2026 - 3:55 p.m.
• Non peer reviewed means it is meaningless. And they themselves admit glaring assumptions that Chemosabe 8/30/2026 - 4:12 p.m.
• It means it needs more study * Native 8/30/2026 - 4:29 p.m.
• But can’t be used to refute Burr’s claims if it is that inconclusive * Chemosabe 8/30/2026 - 4:38 p.m.
• I think it confirms what we have seen from other countries with similar health care infrastructure Native 8/30/2026 - 5:43 p.m.
• That makes no sense Chemosabe 8/30/2026 - 7:29 p.m.
• What makes no sense is defending our current system, paying more for the worst outcomes * Native 8/31/2026 - 7:43 p.m.
• IMO an improvement would be peeling back the layers of government bureaucracy. * Mississippi Vol 9/1/2026 - 7:45 a.m.
• We won't know for sure until we try, literally everything else is a huge failure Native 8/30/2026 - 1:06 p.m.
• A good healthcare example I’ve discussed before is LASIK surgery. No government DurangoGator 8/28/2026 - 2:31 p.m.
• If we want capitalism, remove it from employer provided. Let the public purchase it * aubie in bham 8/28/2026 - 8:27 p.m.
• I agree. My business helped employers navigate the health insurance market DurangoGator 8/29/2026 - 3:52 p.m.
• Agree with all of that Chemosabe 8/29/2026 - 4:03 p.m.
• I went to a doctor’s visit either my 87 year old mother who has the beginning of dementia. We are at aubie in bham 8/29/2026 - 4:11 p.m.
• Your concierge doctor is doing you a favor Chemosabe 8/29/2026 - 5:01 p.m.
• RE: Your concierge doctor is doing you a favor aubie in bham 8/30/2026 - 11:36 a.m.
• The only accurate denial rates are for Marketplace policies so it’s tough to compare DurangoGator 8/29/2026 - 4:08 p.m.
• Few people actually do. Many have bought into the idea of “free”. Free sure sounds better on the BurrGator 8/29/2026 - 9:22 a.m.
• Of course, everything costs. The point is it costs more than it should because the ridiculous profit Native 8/30/2026 - 1:08 p.m.
• It is not “slightly” more taxes * Chemosabe 8/30/2026 - 1:17 p.m.
• Yes it is, if billionaires and corporations start paying their fair share * Native 8/30/2026 - 1:47 p.m.
• Even if we demanded they pay other people’s fair share Chemosabe 8/30/2026 - 2:02 p.m.
• Also, most of the deficit in this country is due to tax breaks for the rich and BS wars Native 8/30/2026 - 2:54 p.m.
• Not even close. DurangoGator 8/31/2026 - 6:25 p.m.
• Anyone not paying the same percentage of taxes as government spending to gdp is not paying their Chemosabe 8/30/2026 - 3:22 p.m.
• Ridiculous, the inequality in this country has never been greater, even than during the gilded age Native 8/31/2026 - 8:44 a.m.
• Likewise with envy. * BurrGator 8/31/2026 - 1:32 p.m.
• It's really about wanting a country that lives up to its promise and cares for its citizens Native 8/31/2026 - 2:28 p.m.
• Its promise is freedom. The rest is up to the individual. It’s the utopian dream BurrGator 8/31/2026 - 7:30 p.m.
• Charity is wonderful. Government is not charity. * Mississippi Vol 8/31/2026 - 5:26 p.m.
• The current tax system is very charitable to billionaires and corporations * Native 8/31/2026 - 7:43 p.m.
• All those profits circulate through the economy: it’s simply a matter of allocating the best use. * Mississippi Vol 8/31/2026 - 8:27 p.m.
• She didn't have a lot of fans in Sevierville. Just saying.... * 10EC 8/31/2026 - 3:07 p.m.
• LOL, if you are bitching about her she's doing everything right * Native 8/31/2026 - 5:01 p.m.
• Google it. It is interesting. * 10EC 8/31/2026 - 7:59 p.m.
• Preach * 10EC 8/31/2026 - 8:00 a.m.
• It's amazing how every other industrialized country has figured it out but the USA can't * Native 8/30/2026 - 2:45 p.m.
• The ACA created monopolies in the provision of health care services Chemosabe 8/28/2026 - 5:14 p.m.
• RE: The ACA created monopolies in the provision of health care services DurangoGator 8/31/2026 - 8:58 p.m.
• Thanks for that information. I don’t know much about the impacts ACA DurangoGator 8/28/2026 - 5:40 p.m.
• My primary Doc for 25 years quit for weight loss. Next two docs both quit private equity practices. InvestiGator 8/28/2026 - 9:42 p.m.
• The Medicare allowable fee (the limit fee for any doc participating in Medicare) Chemosabe 8/29/2026 - 9:25 a.m.
• RE: The Medicare allowable fee (the limit fee for any doc participating in Medicare) InvestiGator 8/29/2026 - 12:58 p.m.
• wait? iPhoneHobbes 8/28/2026 - 2:23 p.m.
• Capitalism = free market. Big businesses, even though they once started as small businesses, BurrGator 8/28/2026 - 4:57 p.m.
• One issue, which has been an irritant, is European piggybacking off US innovation Mississippi Vol 8/30/2026 - 10:53 a.m.
• I think innovation would continue because Europe would pay more. DurangoGator 8/31/2026 - 6:23 p.m.
• I agree Europe would pay more, but governments setting caps puts drug investment at a disadvantage. Mississippi Vol 8/31/2026 - 7:31 p.m.
• I would usually agree but Europe is doing that now. Pharma needs to more adequately DurangoGator 8/31/2026 - 7:34 p.m.
• Similar to a sovereign wealth fund? * Mississippi Vol 8/31/2026 - 8:21 p.m.
• You might have to expound * DurangoGator 8/31/2026 - 8:31 p.m.
• Basically, the government acting as an investor with non voting shares, reinvesting any returns. * Mississippi Vol 9/1/2026 - 7:41 a.m.
• A lot of drug development does occur in Europe (and Asia) Chemosabe 8/30/2026 - 11:24 a.m.
• Which begs the question, what if US capped prices to the European price cap? * Mississippi Vol 8/30/2026 - 11:41 a.m.
• I am fully supportive of that..it is Trump’s position Chemosabe 8/30/2026 - 11:51 a.m.
• It’s substantial regulatory authority. I’m more concerned about the overall effect on investment. * Mississippi Vol 8/30/2026 - 12:20 p.m.
• Pharma would raise European prices and lower ours Chemosabe 8/30/2026 - 1:18 p.m.
• OK, I thought you were using “free trade” in a more narrow sense of the phrase. * iPhoneHobbes 8/29/2026 - 8:42 a.m.
• Those who aren’t subject to the downside of that. Either by good coverage and or good health. * trash 8/28/2026 - 4:56 p.m.
• Government interference in the form of privatization of health insurance is what I am sure you mean. trash 8/28/2026 - 12:09 p.m.
• You are right to an extent. Even into the late 80’s most insurance was purchased through non-profit DurangoGator 8/28/2026 - 4:48 p.m.
• Worse health outcomes? Are you saying quality lags? Throwing out access and affordability 10EC 8/28/2026 - 4:29 p.m.
• Yes, it is clear that profits take precedence over better health outcomes. Just like other insurance trash 8/28/2026 - 4:55 p.m.
• What a ridiculous post. It’s not even close to being the truth DurangoGator 8/29/2026 - 3:45 p.m.
• It’s not ridiculous. The most profitable health insurer UHC has an initial denial rate of ~33%. trash 8/30/2026 - 8:54 a.m.
• The numbers you show are initial denials. I have no idea why it would vary so much between DurangoGator 8/30/2026 - 9:09 a.m.
• Initial denials being exactly what I called out in the first place. * trash 8/30/2026 - 12:49 p.m.
• No, your post said that insurers were deliberately denying claims DurangoGator 8/30/2026 - 7:09 p.m.
• No, I didn’t. Try reading both posts again. * trash 8/31/2026 - 5:54 p.m.
• This is tiring. Here is the header DurangoGator 8/31/2026 - 5:58 p.m.
• RE: No, I didn’t. Try reading both posts again. I said profits take precedence over health outcomes. trash 8/31/2026 - 5:57 p.m.
• Preach * 10EC 8/31/2026 - 8:01 a.m.
• Homeowner's insurance in Florida is not much different Native 8/30/2026 - 3:57 p.m.
• I accept United Chemosabe 8/30/2026 - 10:59 a.m.
• I pay close to the same amount for Medicare and supplements now (no Advantage in our area) DurangoGator 8/30/2026 - 11:06 a.m.
• Add $800 a month to your out of pocket expenses Chemosabe 8/30/2026 - 11:26 a.m.
• RE: Add $800 a month to your out of pocket expenses InvestiGator 8/30/2026 - 3:12 p.m.
• BCBS is not one of the bad ones Chemosabe 8/30/2026 - 3:44 p.m.
• That explains it. InvestiGator 8/30/2026 - 4:20 p.m.
• Additionally, sector profits tend to encourage more, not less, investment. * Mississippi Vol 8/30/2026 - 10:46 a.m.
• The investment into new healthcare providers is non-existent. If returns were DurangoGator 8/30/2026 - 11:10 a.m.
• I wouldn't go outside the U.S. for heart or cancer. Just saying. * 10EC 8/28/2026 - 7:52 p.m.
• RE: I wouldn't go outside the U.S. for heart or cancer. Just saying. trash 8/29/2026 - 12:19 p.m.
• That adds meaningless points to the definition of quality. 10EC 8/29/2026 - 1:20 p.m.
• Most recently Obamacare, brought to us by the pharmaceutical industry. Costs skyrocketed since. * BurrGator 8/28/2026 - 12:29 p.m.
• neo-mercantilism: iPhoneHobbes 8/27/2026 - 10:48 p.m.
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They are picking on our Somali leaders in Minnesota again. LeapingLizard 8/27/2026 - 5:45 p.m.
• How come y'all never identify the woman facing 500 months in prison for Minnesota's medicaid fraud Native 8/29/2026 - 8:32 a.m.
• Who is "ya'll"? LeapingLizard 8/29/2026 - 1:01 p.m.
• Obviously, the right is trying to use it to attack Somalis and immigration Native 8/30/2026 - 9:53 a.m.
• Well, I don't think I even did it kind of, but whatever ya'll say. :) LeapingLizard 8/31/2026 - 2:04 p.m.
• You literally have bringing up Somalis. * Native 8/31/2026 - 5:02 p.m.
• The Hope Florida scandal is much closer to home, should put our governor, Senator & AG behind bars Native 8/29/2026 - 8:13 a.m.
• Yeah, and since we are both native to Florida, we should be concerned about any wrongdoing... LeapingLizard 8/29/2026 - 1:34 p.m.
• I think the leak is indicative of whistleblowers calling out the corruption and cover-up - do you Native 8/30/2026 - 9:51 a.m.
• I sincerely hope there is an investigation, of course. * LeapingLizard 8/31/2026 - 2:05 p.m.
• You know who else shares a home with a serial criminal and hangs out with unsavory people? StrayGator 8/27/2026 - 5:51 p.m.
• ok. all good and fair. * LeapingLizard 8/27/2026 - 5:53 p.m.
• More than good and fair. You think it is a big deal that the biggest crime of the roommate of Jean Voljean 8/27/2026 - 9:13 p.m.
• I never said I was all that outraged by the latest from Omar's family. Her father is an LeapingLizard 8/28/2026 - 1:11 p.m.
• You're right...only one issue Thunder 9/1/2026 - 8:18 a.m.
• apparently the answer to that is "yes" BBG 8/28/2026 - 8:12 a.m.
• BTW, I look forward to your next syllable with great eagerness. * LeapingLizard 8/28/2026 - 4:45 p.m.
• The answer to what is yes? * LeapingLizard 8/28/2026 - 1:24 p.m.
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TACO Tuesday falls on a Thursday this week. iPhoneHobbes 8/27/2026 - 4:39 p.m.
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What a complete and utter embarassment... UGADawginVA 8/27/2026 - 2:04 p.m.
• That's not going to bring back the men from the Edmund FITZGERALD * CONSIGLIEREG8R 8/28/2026 - 9:34 a.m.
• rename it Gitche Gumee? * LeapingLizard 8/28/2026 - 2:14 p.m.
• I might feel Superior to point out that, well, you know * Golden Gator 8/28/2026 - 11:55 a.m.
• The only "wins" he has left...the end of a dying regime when you give up on the hard stuff * lurch 8/27/2026 - 6:24 p.m.
• pwning the Candians!! YAYAYAYAY! THANK YOU FOR YOU ATTENTION TO THIS MADDER! * BBG 8/27/2026 - 3:21 p.m.
• Can't wait for Canada to rename Lake Michigan to Lake Canada * Wize Guy 8/27/2026 - 2:55 p.m.
• Troops massing at the border... * 10EC 8/27/2026 - 5:02 p.m.
• did you hear that it's suspected that is was Russian drone that was found in Leipzig airport? * BBG 8/27/2026 - 6:06 p.m.
• Was just reading that this morning. How does that happen? * 10EC 8/28/2026 - 6:57 a.m.
• RE: Was just reading that this morning. How does that happen? BBG 8/28/2026 - 7:50 a.m.
• How should they respond? Do the same thing to them? 10EC 8/28/2026 - 7:58 a.m.
• you want WWIII? I don't know, I am not a geopolitical conflict expert. BBG 8/28/2026 - 8:16 a.m.
• Well, I am mystified that anyone is afraid of the Russian military today. LeapingLizard 8/28/2026 - 3:43 p.m.
• There are ways to get the message across without starting a war. 10EC 8/28/2026 - 8:40 a.m.
• Missing an opportunity to rename it "Canada's Dong Lake" WAR DAMN EAGLE 8/27/2026 - 3:47 p.m.
• Sweet Jebus, take the wheel. What a Dipshit. Maybe he should name the lake “Trump” or “Epstein” * D-Gator 8/27/2026 - 2:39 p.m.
• So at least it was a vowel. HAMES versus HOMES * 10EC 8/27/2026 - 2:35 p.m.
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Looks like the ICE agent who murdered Pretti will not be extradited.. UGADawginVA 8/27/2026 - 1:59 p.m.
• Not the Preti case, but it's hard to keep all the shootings straight. This guy lived luckily. * lurch 8/27/2026 - 6:26 p.m.
• Sort of ironic he wants to immigrate to Mexico. * Dawgzilla 8/27/2026 - 3:34 p.m.
• More like "escape" to Mexico. Perfect irony would be if he asks for asylum. * StrayGator 8/27/2026 - 5:36 p.m.
• Mexico should deny it and deport him...to Minnesota. * Thunder 9/1/2026 - 7:50 a.m.
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I had forgotten this little tidbit about our last trade deal with Canada... BBG 8/27/2026 - 10:15 a.m.
• Maple syrup & round bacon for guns & ammo? * SpacinGator 8/27/2026 - 3:30 p.m.
• I've been reminding you guys of this just about every time Canada gets mentioned... Dawgzilla 8/27/2026 - 1:39 p.m.
• Donald violate the law? One he helped get codified? UNPOSSIBLE!!! * iPhoneHobbes 8/27/2026 - 4:41 p.m.
• I expect this sort of duplicity from him - the shame lies with those who still take him at his word * Dawgspeare 8/27/2026 - 11:00 a.m.
• this is next level, even for him. He is out there now talking about how badly Canada treats us BBG 8/27/2026 - 12:19 p.m.
• Don't you know we can't know if Harris would have been different? * Thunder 8/27/2026 - 12:23 p.m.
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The Hope Florida grand jury report that broke yesterday should be a much bigger story D-Gator 8/27/2026 - 8:28 a.m.
• Sounds like Mississippi. Must be something in the Gulf of America water we share * dudehead 8/27/2026 - 12:02 p.m.
• It's Trumpian level grift * Native 8/30/2026 - 2:46 p.m.
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If anyone has seen CodeMonkey, would you be so kind as to ask him to reset the Pick Em Pick Em Guys 8/27/2026 - 7:38 a.m.
• Let's make him "seen" if for no other reason . . . CodeMonkey 8/27/2026 - 2:38 p.m.
• RE: Let's make him "seen" if for no other reason . . . iPhoneHobbes 8/27/2026 - 5:38 p.m.
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Is this the future for rape victims, at least in the military Thunder 8/27/2026 - 6:33 a.m.
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This cartoon nails it... UGADawginVA 8/26/2026 - 10:47 p.m.
• The same things exists on the other side. Just different subjects. * 10EC 8/27/2026 - 10:28 a.m.
• Things like the Iran war, the economy, prices, rampant government corruption, the Epstein cover-up, trash 8/27/2026 - 12:54 p.m.
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Judge enjoins enforcement of Texas drag show ban: Hobbes 8/26/2026 - 1:48 p.m.
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Seriously. Did anyone ever really believe this about even Donald 1.0? Hobbes 8/26/2026 - 7:56 a.m.
• Nope. I thought he was reckless but am now convinced he is stupidity and lazy DurangoGator 8/26/2026 - 5:10 p.m.
• ding ding ding.... and I would add to your accuracies that on top of stupid and lazy, he is a BBG 8/27/2026 - 7:01 a.m.
• Art of the Deal, Baby!!! * Dawgzilla 8/26/2026 - 4:51 p.m.
• Con artist…uninformed suckers. * SpacinGator 8/26/2026 - 9:20 a.m.
• just having voted for Harris would make me informed and intelligent? * Harry Dery 8/26/2026 - 1:12 p.m.
• Knowing what we knew of the alternative, yeah, pretty much. * Mudlizard 8/27/2026 - 9:27 a.m.
• Then why did Democrats, being so informed and possessing superior intellect, nominate a loser? * Mississippi Vol 8/27/2026 - 11:33 a.m.
• The fact that people think Donald is a winner says a lot. * iPhoneHobbes 8/27/2026 - 11:54 a.m.
• Regardless the perceived quality of the opposition, burden rests with each party to choose their Mississippi Vol 8/27/2026 - 4:22 p.m.
• This is playing out in Florida now. Moody is not a good candidate but DurangoGator 8/28/2026 - 4:50 p.m.
• guess it comes with being an “uninformed sucker” * Harry Dery 8/27/2026 - 10:30 a.m.
• RE: guess it comes with being an “uninformed sucker” iPhoneHobbes 8/27/2026 - 11:53 a.m.
• We knew that the orange man was a con/crook/horrible person, so…yes. * SpacinGator 8/26/2026 - 2:37 p.m.
• In your case I seriously doubt it. * Hobbes 8/26/2026 - 1:51 p.m.
• sensible chuckle * Harry Dery 8/26/2026 - 1:57 p.m.
• hyena cackle * LeapingLizard 8/26/2026 - 4:04 p.m.
• yes, many did. some still do. * BBG 8/26/2026 - 8:01 a.m.
• RE: yes, many did. some still do. Hobbes 8/26/2026 - 8:07 a.m.
• Besides Clocky, of whom do you speak? * 10EC 8/26/2026 - 8:30 a.m.
• RE: Besides Clocky, of whom do you speak? iPhoneHobbes 8/26/2026 - 9:38 a.m.
• Good additions... * 10EC 8/26/2026 - 9:53 a.m.
• There have been a lot of really thoughtful posts here in recent months Clockwork Orange 8/26/2026 - 10:13 a.m.
• RE: There have been a lot of really thoughtful posts here in recent months iPhoneHobbes 8/26/2026 - 11:40 a.m.
• RE: There have been a lot of really thoughtful posts here in recent months StrayGator 8/26/2026 - 12:02 p.m.
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Something else for us to be proud of Jean Voljean 8/25/2026 - 10:00 p.m.
• I can assure you that mistakes of that nature have been made even with Democrat geniuses in charge. LeapingLizard 8/26/2026 - 2:58 p.m.
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Ahhh the first day of autumn 🎃☕️ Mississippi Vol 8/25/2026 - 8:48 p.m.
• Huh...PSL season came a little late this year * Dawgzilla 8/25/2026 - 10:53 p.m.
• Kinda like astronomical seasons. It’s a pleasant 68 this morning and a 🌖 eclipse is coming! Mississippi Vol 8/26/2026 - 7:34 a.m.
• I was camping in Telluride and woke up to 47 degrees this morning. Finally * DurangoGator 8/26/2026 - 5:11 p.m.
• Pikes Peak was awesome last week. So cool... * 10EC 8/26/2026 - 7:55 p.m.
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Donald’s picks Bryan Avlia as his running mate. He like his Peabody Hall 8/25/2026 - 6:18 p.m.
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OK something I agree with Donald on:having flags at 1/2 staff for Dolly Parton. iPhoneHobbes 8/25/2026 - 6:05 p.m.
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Who in the lounge will admit they alight with the Democrat Socialist Peabody Hall 8/25/2026 - 4:03 p.m.
• I'm already on the record with my concerns about the DSA and its like-minded allies. Clockwork Orange 8/26/2026 - 9:21 a.m.
• RE: I'm already on the record with my concerns about the DSA and its like-minded allies. aubie in bham 8/26/2026 - 1:03 p.m.
• A coup of other things. While I appreciate your attempt to discourage people from comparing to the trash 8/26/2026 - 8:45 a.m.
• "admit" we align with the DSA? I agree with a lot of their messaging about things that are wrong BBG 8/26/2026 - 7:54 a.m.
• The reason why we are getting all these extremes??? NOTHING IS GETTING DONE. * UGADawginVA 8/25/2026 - 10:43 p.m.
• Choice between MAGA and DSA? DSA....I cant do stupid. * UGADawginVA 8/25/2026 - 10:42 p.m.
• If my choices are MAGA vs. DSA....Im going doomsday prep. * Dawgzilla 8/25/2026 - 10:55 p.m.
• Yes if it meant universal health care. Definitely not align with the current biggest socialist prez BelmontGator 8/25/2026 - 6:40 p.m.
• We have a binary choice system in this country. I’ll take DSA over MAGA any day of the week D-Gator 8/25/2026 - 5:47 p.m.
• I would as well but given the choice most people would choose fascism over DSA style socialism iPhoneHobbes 8/25/2026 - 6:03 p.m.
• But in reality, isn't there only minor differences between .... LeapingLizard 8/25/2026 - 6:10 p.m.
• No. [link fixed to gift article] Hobbes 8/25/2026 - 7:01 p.m.
• Sorry, it is behind a paywall... LeapingLizard 8/27/2026 - 4:21 p.m.
• This link should be free Hobbes 8/28/2026 - 8:04 a.m.
• Thanks for that. It was humorous and hardly meant to be taken seriously apparently. * LeapingLizard 8/28/2026 - 1:42 p.m.
• Another question could be if people are ok with the new found influence of Islam... LeapingLizard 8/25/2026 - 5:23 p.m.
• Most American muslims have assimilated. Clockwork Orange 8/26/2026 - 9:43 a.m.
• A follow up. It is a bit dated but gets to the point I was making and a concern of mine. LeapingLizard 8/26/2026 - 3:24 p.m.
• RE: A follow up. It is a bit dated but gets to the point I was making and a concern of mine. Clockwork Orange 8/26/2026 - 3:34 p.m.
• Good Post. Minor nit to pick. LeapingLizard 8/26/2026 - 2:19 p.m.
• What is the ratio of Obama deportations of illegal aliens vs. Trump? * Golden Gator 8/26/2026 - 4:51 p.m.
• I am not sure but there were a lot of deportations under Obama's watch. LeapingLizard 8/26/2026 - 5:01 p.m.
• What is the ratio of Obama border apprehensions vs. Trump? * Golden Gator 8/26/2026 - 5:11 p.m.
• Can you define that a little better? What does "border apprehensions" mean? * 10EC 8/26/2026 - 10:44 p.m.
• Individuals encountered and apprehended by CBP * Golden Gator 8/27/2026 - 5:26 a.m.
• So anyone AT the border or close to it? * 10EC 8/27/2026 - 9:11 a.m.
• Ask Leaping: He's the one who said: "Too bad they never followed up with border security." * Golden Gator 8/28/2026 - 7:04 a.m.
• RE: Ask Leaping: He's the one who said: "Too bad they never followed up with border security." LeapingLizard 8/28/2026 - 1:20 p.m.
• Legal immigration should be controlled but easier. I'm strong believer Clockwork Orange 8/26/2026 - 3:26 p.m.
• Another good post, and I appreciate your candor. LeapingLizard 8/26/2026 - 3:39 p.m.
• One quibble with this... chigatorbri 8/26/2026 - 5:37 p.m.
• Even if you use the smallest percentage of 3% to describe as violent criminals.... LeapingLizard 8/27/2026 - 3:21 p.m.
• Point being you said a lot, my point is it's a few. I'm all for it, but it's not the main focus of chigatorbri 8/27/2026 - 4:56 p.m.
• Ok. all good. * LeapingLizard 8/27/2026 - 5:09 p.m.
• Yes we have geography of 2 Oceans allowing slow Muslim immigration. Europe is not so lucky * GoBananas 8/26/2026 - 12:34 p.m.
• Good post. * chigatorbri 8/26/2026 - 9:56 a.m.
• Christian Nationalism is a threat, not the practice of a non-christian religion. * trash 8/26/2026 - 8:35 a.m.
• I have never met one. What are they like? LeapingLizard 8/26/2026 - 4:00 p.m.
• They wrote Project 2025 and are in prominent leadership positions throughout the Government. trash 8/26/2026 - 6:03 p.m.
• Uh, wasn't Roe v Wade overturned in 2022? LeapingLizard 8/28/2026 - 2:56 p.m.
• They just put an anti-abortion zealot doctor in at the FDA, they plan on getting rid of medication Native 8/30/2026 - 11:13 a.m.
• Well, here again I can only state that I agree with a woman's right to choose... LeapingLizard 8/31/2026 - 2:15 p.m.
• ~1% of the US population identifies as Muslim, ~50% of those are immigrants. WDE mobile 8/25/2026 - 5:58 p.m.
• Ok. Europe seems to be going through some growing pains with mass Muslim immigration. LeapingLizard 8/25/2026 - 6:00 p.m.
• I've talked to several Muslim friends about extremes like killing folks for showing Muhammad image. GoBananas 8/26/2026 - 12:45 p.m.
• It’s about all religion not being in public schools. * Mudlizard 8/26/2026 - 8:22 a.m.
• And replacing it with drag queens in elementary schools. ;) LeapingLizard 8/26/2026 - 2:46 p.m.
• We have several large oceans between us and the Muslims. WDE mobile 8/25/2026 - 6:10 p.m.
• I was only voicing a concern. Yes I am sure Germany and other European countries... LeapingLizard 8/25/2026 - 6:12 p.m.
• I never said you said that I said that you said that. WDE mobile 8/25/2026 - 6:30 p.m.
• You paint a really broad brush. I have many Muslim friends and they are not radicals. * Phred 8/25/2026 - 5:29 p.m.
• Also some of the things you see about the LGBTQ community...loving some Hamas.. LeapingLizard 8/25/2026 - 5:42 p.m.
• The LGBTQ community also has its extremists. * aubie in bham 8/26/2026 - 1:32 p.m.
• It is a concern is all. I would imagine similar to the so called fear the left has of..... LeapingLizard 8/25/2026 - 5:39 p.m.
• That fear is actively being pursued by elected officials. Greg Abbott is leading the charge aubie in bham 8/26/2026 - 1:34 p.m.
• When was the last time the Muslims stormed the US Capitol and bashed cops tryin to stop an election? * WDE mobile 8/25/2026 - 6:01 p.m.
• While the events of Jan 6th were stupid and shouldn't have happened... LeapingLizard 8/25/2026 - 6:08 p.m.
• How many of the white male mass shooters will you justify? WE have bombed the hell out of BelmontGator 8/25/2026 - 6:45 p.m.
• The current count for me on justifying white male mass shooters is zero. LeapingLizard 8/26/2026 - 1:59 p.m.
• So killing people is the bar? Not assault and battery of sworn law enforcement officials? WDE mobile 8/25/2026 - 6:42 p.m.
• I am glad you are concerned for police officers. So many on the left don't seem to be or... LeapingLizard 8/26/2026 - 2:02 p.m.
• I'm not on the left, bud. Just left of you. * WAR DAMN EAGLE 8/26/2026 - 2:13 p.m.
• You’re a long haired hippie type pink-o fag, I betcha ya gotta commie flag tacked up on the wall on iPhoneHobbes 8/28/2026 - 11:31 a.m.
• are you sure? LeapingLizard 8/26/2026 - 3:14 p.m.
• To be fair, no. About like your assumptions. * WAR DAMN EAGLE 8/26/2026 - 10:38 p.m.
• Are you sure? StrayGator 8/26/2026 - 5:33 p.m.
• Thank you for your considered response. LeapingLizard 8/27/2026 - 3:15 p.m.
• RE: Thank you for your considered response. StrayGator 8/27/2026 - 4:33 p.m.
• Seriously, we both want to help people. LeapingLizard 8/27/2026 - 5:02 p.m.
• We do have more in common. LeapingLizard 8/27/2026 - 4:50 p.m.
• But we obviously measure the success of government programs by different standards. * StrayGator 8/27/2026 - 5:40 p.m.
• alright straygator. Rock on man. * LeapingLizard 8/27/2026 - 5:56 p.m.
• Taps sign: Hobbes 8/27/2026 - 7:11 a.m.
• Taps sign: StrayGator 8/27/2026 - 7:55 a.m.
• lots of people voted for George Wallace, Lester Maddox, Ross Barnett iPhoneHobbes 8/27/2026 - 5:50 p.m.
• Woodrow Wilson, Lyndon Johnson, Robert Byrd * LeapingLizard 8/27/2026 - 6:00 p.m.
• RE: Woodrow Wilson, Lyndon Johnson, Robert Byrd Hobbes 8/28/2026 - 8:02 a.m.
• Those shitty human beings trump has pardoned have gone on to do many more shitty crimes. * BelmontGator 8/25/2026 - 6:46 p.m.
• RE: Who in the lounge will admit they alight with the Democrat Socialist iPhoneHobbes 8/25/2026 - 4:57 p.m.
• RE: Who in the lounge will admit they alight with the Democrat Socialist Peabody Hall 8/25/2026 - 5:13 p.m.
• People here have criticized the Democratic Socialist Party platform’s most extreme positions about trash 8/25/2026 - 4:49 p.m.
• RE: People here have criticized the Democratic Socialist Party platform’s most extreme positions abo Peabody Hall 8/25/2026 - 5:34 p.m.
• Privatizing health care is one of the worst thing this country has done to the well-being of trash 8/26/2026 - 8:56 a.m.
• And it would help if health insurers didn't think they knew better than doctors what patients need. * Thunder 8/27/2026 - 4:21 p.m.
• Well there is a lot to disagree with there. * LeapingLizard 8/25/2026 - 5:14 p.m.
• Literally everything. * BurrGator 8/25/2026 - 9:18 p.m.
• Sayed is not a member of Democratic Socialist of America party. * iPhoneHobbes 8/25/2026 - 4:59 p.m.
• I’m just now getting to learn about Sayed who is the Peabody Hall 8/25/2026 - 5:45 p.m.
• And if he were, would he place his socialist agenda on a campaign website? I don't think so. * 10EC 8/25/2026 - 5:07 p.m.
• Ah, so the evidence of him being socialist is...there is no evidence? * Thunder 8/27/2026 - 4:30 p.m.
• I am only referencing the campaign website * 10EC 8/28/2026 - 6:59 a.m.
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Let's check in to see how Trump's midterm convention is going.... UGADawginVA 8/25/2026 - 11:38 a.m.
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Most would agree that SoS Rubio is pretty good with Peabody Hall 8/25/2026 - 11:25 a.m.
• His sycophancy with Trumpism should make him ineligible for turther office. Phred 8/27/2026 - 8:30 a.m.
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The country’s foremost legal authority apparently cannot read. trash 8/25/2026 - 9:12 a.m.
• The Kangaroo Court is what we get when 6 justices have Trump's hands up their...behinds. Thunder 8/25/2026 - 9:17 a.m.
• Gorsuch has the Merritt Garland seat by way McConnell manipulation. That changes a lot. * GoBananas 8/25/2026 - 12:34 p.m.
• Garland should have received a vote but I don't think he had the votes anyway. * 10EC 8/25/2026 - 2:12 p.m.
• If he had been appointed, we would have had a different AG and i think we wouldn't be aubie in bham 8/26/2026 - 1:42 p.m.
• Agree, but he was never going to be confirmed. * 10EC 8/26/2026 - 2:19 p.m.
• Yes but Mitch McConnell circumvented and undermined the process indenying that vote. * GoBananas 8/26/2026 - 12:53 p.m.
• And then broke that same "rule" he made up to get Coney Barrett in. * Thunder 8/27/2026 - 4:32 p.m.
• Yes, he should have received a vote and then be denied. * 10EC 8/26/2026 - 1:22 p.m.
• He appears silent on the subject now. * GoBananas 8/26/2026 - 12:54 p.m.
• He's the only vegetable that hasn't been recalled Thunder 8/27/2026 - 6:22 a.m.
• Also affects who Biden would have appointed as AG Thunder 8/25/2026 - 1:38 p.m.
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Ok, I AM rooting for Canada in this trade-war standoff. Here’s why. trash 8/25/2026 - 9:06 a.m.
• me,too. Candadian plywood with a 50% tariff is one more friggin hit. * aubie in bham 8/26/2026 - 1:43 p.m.
• This won't happen very often, but I agree with you mostly. LeapingLizard 8/25/2026 - 5:08 p.m.
• I get it. Don't forget Trump's childish shenanigans about opening Canada's new bridge too * dudehead 8/25/2026 - 11:15 a.m.
• Only quibble I have with your post is that instead of using the term The Admin, I would use... Thunder 8/25/2026 - 9:15 a.m.
• I prefer crime family. * Phred 8/25/2026 - 5:03 p.m.
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God sped up rotation of Earth in 2022/2024 to hasten end Biden of regime. iPhoneHobbes 8/25/2026 - 7:26 a.m.
• Its only a matter of time. * Dawgzilla 8/25/2026 - 7:38 a.m.
• Some may say God sent Trump. I would ask, "Why? Did he run out of locusts?" * Thunder 8/25/2026 - 7:32 a.m.
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How many Florida Highway Patrol troopers does it take to supervise one guy chalking a crosswalk? UGADawginVA 8/24/2026 - 10:01 p.m.
• Answer apparently is 10 vehicles & more troopers than that; They were there for his "protection" * Golden Gator 8/25/2026 - 7:24 a.m.
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So much chum in the water, pretend to start a conversation by baseless insult. * trash 8/24/2026 - 5:19 p.m.
• As one of my colleagues observed, some online conversations are like playing chess with a pigeon. StrayGator 8/25/2026 - 10:38 a.m.
• I’m going to steal that one! * trash 8/25/2026 - 10:43 a.m.
• No one wants to solve anything...just own the other side... * UGADawginVA 8/24/2026 - 8:49 p.m.
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For the Democrats on the board..Who would you like to see as your ... LeapingLizard 8/24/2026 - 4:32 p.m.
• I know some won't believe this, but.... LeapingLizard 8/25/2026 - 4:56 p.m.
• On advice of counsel, I reworded and edited my op to be ... LeapingLizard 8/25/2026 - 4:19 p.m.
• Trump, Trump, GW Bush & GW Bush. But sure talk about how bad D Admins were. trash 8/24/2026 - 10:25 p.m.
• RE: For the Democrats on the board..ahem...Who would you like to see as your ... BBG 8/24/2026 - 9:49 p.m.
• Do I really have to? LeapingLizard 8/25/2026 - 4:39 p.m.
• Doesn't matter who I want. The left wing of the Democratic Party won't rally around anyone who Hobbes 8/24/2026 - 7:37 p.m.
• Here is the several decades of actual results you disregarded... krharris 8/24/2026 - 7:02 p.m.
• As often is the case their are problems with simplifying data conclusions… Peabody Hall 8/25/2026 - 11:17 a.m.
• And Trump single handedly has added ~25% to our debt. Repubs are not fiscally conservative. * BelmontGator 8/24/2026 - 8:55 p.m.
• GOP types are SO fiscally conservative when a Dem is POTUS. They drone on & on about it. * GoBananas 8/25/2026 - 7:43 a.m.
• Clearly the Rs can't govern now...they don't even try. Great being out of session though * lurch 8/24/2026 - 6:18 p.m.
• I'm not a Democrat but, I will likely vote Democrat for a while. My picks... dudehead 8/24/2026 - 5:52 p.m.
• Pretty much agree with all of this IntimiGator 8/25/2026 - 7:41 a.m.
• No woman or gay will be elected in the near future...too scared of our own shadows. * UGADawginVA 8/24/2026 - 8:50 p.m.
• Being a actual registered Democrat in Florida probably longer than anyone on this Peabody Hall 8/24/2026 - 5:48 p.m.
• It's very disingenuous to portray yourself as something you obviously don't identify with. Mudlizard 8/25/2026 - 9:03 a.m.
• A personal attack indeed. I portray myself as me…the big tent of Peabody Hall 8/25/2026 - 10:42 a.m.
• You confuse me. I understand you have been involved with the Dem party for most of your life Mudlizard 8/25/2026 - 11:50 a.m.
• No doubt I lean to the right but it is hard to consider that disingenuousness in any way… Peabody Hall 8/25/2026 - 3:59 p.m.
• I don’t support Dem socialists and i dont agree they have taken over the party * Mudlizard 8/25/2026 - 8:08 p.m.
• We obviously need to reconsider what is meant by “personal attack.” Seems like you want to call it trash 8/25/2026 - 10:45 a.m.
• Not at all trash. I value your disagreement and try to point out when you are correct and Peabody Hall 8/25/2026 - 10:59 a.m.
• and yet you voted for Trump 3 times. Sorry, I just don't buy it, man. * BBG 8/24/2026 - 6:37 p.m.
• First, I don’t think I have ever said I voted Peabody Hall 8/25/2026 - 11:02 a.m.
• Ok here are some Democrats I think could add to a more serious Peabody Hall 8/24/2026 - 6:00 p.m.
• Andy Beshear is obviously living rent free in your head Golden Gator 8/24/2026 - 6:17 p.m.
• Sheldon Whitehouse Hobbes 8/24/2026 - 7:48 p.m.
• I'm a fan of Sen. Whitehouse WAR DAMN EAGLE 8/24/2026 - 8:19 p.m.
• Fierce Kiowa Chief Whitehorse still has living descendants so Whitehouse/Whitehorse 2028. * iPhoneHobbes 8/24/2026 - 9:28 p.m.
• I think most of those will run...going to be a crowded debate stage * lurch 8/24/2026 - 6:17 p.m.
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The current governor of Virginia. LeapingLizard 8/24/2026 - 3:40 p.m.
• What do you imagine that picture is showing? * Dawgspeare 8/25/2026 - 8:39 a.m.
• She won in a landslide...and I voted for her too... * UGADawginVA 8/24/2026 - 8:08 p.m.
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Flashback.....Minnesota.....Place of Democrat Party excellence. LeapingLizard 8/24/2026 - 3:18 p.m.
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On Canadian trade negotiations. We are governed by morons, Carney is a rock star. trash 8/24/2026 - 10:38 a.m.
• IKR? Trump and his admin are nothing but untrustworthy morons. I'm rooting for Canada in this BelmontGator 8/24/2026 - 12:57 p.m.
• Why would you want us to lose a trade war? Imho this is Trump derangement syndrome exemplified…if Peabody Hall 8/24/2026 - 5:19 p.m.
• What if Trump’s Derangement is the only reason we are even in a trade war with Canada? * Dawgspeare 8/25/2026 - 12:35 p.m.
• We are already losing this trade war. The responses below answer your question. In addition to trump BelmontGator 8/24/2026 - 9:02 p.m.
• There wouldn't be a trade war to win if the orange dipshit didn't start one. WAR DAMN EAGLE 8/24/2026 - 7:57 p.m.
• To quote The Rock in the Academy Award winning film, Central Intelligence Jean Voljean 8/24/2026 - 6:50 p.m.
• As you admit, demanding a provision that lets Trump renege on the deal at his whim is "ridiculous." StrayGator 8/24/2026 - 6:01 p.m.
• It’s like asking a parent if they would want their kid to succeed in Jean Voljean 8/24/2026 - 6:53 p.m.
• Pretty sure most of us would prefer not to be in a trade war, or an actual war. Neither are good for trash 8/24/2026 - 5:21 p.m.
• What will we do when Canada chooses to stop selling electricity to Northern states? * Dawgzilla 8/24/2026 - 1:51 p.m.
• RE: What will we do when Canada chooses to stop selling electricity to Northern states? WAR DAMN EAGLE 8/24/2026 - 8:15 p.m.
• I wouldn't blame them for threatening that or even doing it. LeapingLizard 8/24/2026 - 2:25 p.m.
• Well I would blame them but I don’t need them to do that to prove our Peabody Hall 8/24/2026 - 5:21 p.m.
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Elon sues Minnesota for his right to nudify folks and revenge pr0n iPhoneHobbes 8/24/2026 - 7:28 a.m.
• I look forward to hearing the comments here supporting the Justice Department & Elon's position * Golden Gator 8/24/2026 - 10:21 a.m.
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What a empty soul Byron Donalds has become..... UGADawginVA 8/23/2026 - 8:52 p.m.
• He can rot in H with Putin's Orange-face Puppet (POP) * ncg8or 8/23/2026 - 11:01 p.m.
• So, Donalds says the measles outbreak is due to immigrants that Biden let in who weren't vaccinated. StrayGator 8/23/2026 - 9:14 p.m.
• This whole vax thing is bonkers insane. These guys are so scared of MAGA it's pathetic. * lurch 8/24/2026 - 10:55 a.m.
• Charitable for you to assume he has a soul. * Thunder 8/23/2026 - 9:00 p.m.
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Hey Peabody and other Trump supporters... here's one of the guys Trump pardoned J6 - fun video! BBG 8/23/2026 - 12:39 p.m.
• I wouldn’t describe me as a “Trump supporter” as I support many of his Peabody Hall 8/23/2026 - 4:47 p.m.
• Literally everyone else here would absolutely describe you as a Trump supporter. Based solely on trash 8/23/2026 - 8:28 p.m.
• I don’t need your calibration nor your lie about who I am…your personal attacks are not acceptable * Peabody Hall 8/24/2026 - 5:24 p.m.
• Need is debatable, you clearly don’t want it. And what personal attack exactly? trash 8/25/2026 - 7:45 a.m.
• Or are you still offended that I won’t drop what you said re general inspections? trash 8/25/2026 - 7:51 a.m.
• i asked ChatGPT “is Peabody a Donald supporter?” iPhoneHobbes 8/24/2026 - 7:31 a.m.
• i asked ChatGPT “is Hobbes an asshole?" 10EC 8/24/2026 - 7:52 a.m.
• Follow up… Peabody Hall 8/23/2026 - 5:05 p.m.
• Well, there is that “tried to prevent the peaceful transition of power” thing. * Jean Voljean 8/24/2026 - 12:39 p.m.
• Don’t think these people were charged with that…right? * Peabody Hall 8/24/2026 - 5:40 p.m.
• And Al Capone was not charged with murder and racketeering. Point is, Jean Voljean 8/24/2026 - 6:43 p.m.
• So if someone was with a group of violent home invaders Mudlizard 8/24/2026 - 9:39 a.m.
• Horrific example with zero resemblance to anything…a personal Peabody Hall 8/24/2026 - 5:26 p.m.
• Real people's lives were at stake during J6. Husbands, wives, sons, daughters, parents of kids Mudlizard 8/25/2026 - 9:20 a.m.
• Mud , I’m disappointed you went to that completely off topic response. The discussion was about my Peabody Hall 8/24/2026 - 5:39 p.m.
• I'm disappointed that any American citizen can look to minimize participation in one of the most Mudlizard 8/25/2026 - 9:22 a.m.
• So, the left does believe in self defense now? LeapingLizard 8/24/2026 - 2:43 p.m.
• of course he would.. if they were MAGA. * BBG 8/24/2026 - 1:05 p.m.
• Perhaps he and they could counter with all the violent offenders let out by... LeapingLizard 8/23/2026 - 2:00 p.m.
• Perhaps you could since you’re the one making the claim. * trash 8/23/2026 - 4:08 p.m.
• Which claim? The fact that violent criminals have been let out.... LeapingLizard 8/24/2026 - 2:20 p.m.
• More "Both Sides"! Give that poster a star for consistency. * StrayGator 8/23/2026 - 2:05 p.m.
• I am beginning to like you too. LeapingLizard 8/23/2026 - 2:21 p.m.
• Do you see things in anything other than black and white? * Mudlizard 8/24/2026 - 9:40 a.m.
• No, I know there is a lot of grey. * LeapingLizard 8/24/2026 - 2:17 p.m.
• Which is why your bothsides shtick is lacking in substance IMO * Mudlizard 8/24/2026 - 2:29 p.m.
• Are you accusing me of lying again, Mr. Mud? LeapingLizard 8/24/2026 - 2:33 p.m.
• My comment had nothing to do with your politcal affiliation. Mudlizard 8/25/2026 - 10:36 a.m.
• Better to choose the lesser of two evils IMO when there are no other practical options . . . StrayGator 8/23/2026 - 2:22 p.m.
• If you mean a government that has way too much power, I would agree on the evil. LeapingLizard 8/23/2026 - 2:31 p.m.
• I mean a government that serves the interests of the majority rather than a minority's selfish ends. StrayGator 8/23/2026 - 3:38 p.m.
• It would help me if you could tell me who on the Democrat side you like so much. LeapingLizard 8/24/2026 - 3:14 p.m.
• My first response here is that one might see your thoughts as some sort of mob rule... LeapingLizard 8/24/2026 - 2:16 p.m.
• Your response here is, again, a miscasting of my position and full of false overgeneralizations. StrayGator 8/24/2026 - 3:19 p.m.
• You like the party that has no clue what a woman is? Ok. thanks for sharing. * LeapingLizard 8/24/2026 - 4:40 p.m.
• You don't like anyone or anything -- just here to criticize, complain, and take shots. Sad. * StrayGator 8/24/2026 - 4:49 p.m.
• Having been slandered as a liar by the guy that runs this place... LeapingLizard 8/24/2026 - 5:02 p.m.
• "libeled" not "slandered" Hobbes 8/25/2026 - 7:58 a.m.
• RE: "libeled" not "slandered" Thunder 8/25/2026 - 8:45 a.m.
• Judging from your body of work, being a "Libertarian" to you is just a license to gripe. StrayGator 8/24/2026 - 5:43 p.m.
• I apologize then. Please tell me the Democrats you think will govern the USA so well. LeapingLizard 8/24/2026 - 4:03 p.m.
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This is not America as I know it.... UGADawginVA 8/23/2026 - 12:30 p.m.
• So do you have any additional information that supports the idea that he is not an illegal Peabody Hall 8/23/2026 - 5:13 p.m.
• When has that ever been the case in America other than when Trump was/is POTUS? trash 8/24/2026 - 10:57 a.m.
• The burden of proof is on the accuser, not the accused. * Thunder 8/24/2026 - 6:53 a.m.
• #badword# him and ICE....This guy will sue and win $$$$$ with a D DOJ * UGADawginVA 8/23/2026 - 8:48 p.m.
• Reminds of the vaccine papers the left wanted during covid. LeapingLizard 8/23/2026 - 1:58 p.m.
• More "Both Sides"! How many were locked up or shot for not having proof of COVID shots? * StrayGator 8/23/2026 - 2:03 p.m.
• I don't think any were shot, but a lot were arrested for no good reason. LeapingLizard 8/23/2026 - 2:08 p.m.
• That’s a right wing fantasy. No one was arrested or jailed for not being vaccinated. * Jean Voljean 8/24/2026 - 1:48 p.m.
• No, people lost their jobs, but they were arrested for idiotic quarantine edicts. * LeapingLizard 8/24/2026 - 3:00 p.m.
• For the third time, when and where was anyone arrested for violating COVID rules? * StrayGator 8/24/2026 - 6:10 p.m.
• They did their best with a novel virus. Believed outdoors was safer than indoors Mudlizard 8/23/2026 - 4:01 p.m.
• And the other great part was the censorship of anyone that wanted to say it was a lab leak... LeapingLizard 8/24/2026 - 3:09 p.m.
• BS. When and where was anyone arrested for not having proof of COVID vaccination? StrayGator 8/23/2026 - 2:17 p.m.
• they were fired though. Come on, think back to the covid days, and look at the absurdity of it all LeapingLizard 8/23/2026 - 2:29 p.m.
• Didn’t business owners have the right to do what they thought was best? * Mudlizard 8/23/2026 - 4:02 p.m.
• Yes. There was also mandates at the federal level under Biden. LeapingLizard 8/24/2026 - 2:59 p.m.
• I meant arrested for not following the hypocritical draconian lock down orders... LeapingLizard 8/23/2026 - 2:29 p.m.
• Both sides and broad broad brushes. And throw in some hindsight wisdom. * Mudlizard 8/23/2026 - 4:03 p.m.
• It wasn't hindsight for some. Some new the vaccine was sketchy, and ... LeapingLizard 8/24/2026 - 2:48 p.m.
• The vaccine wasn’t sketchy. Spreading that myth caused the death of hundreds of thousands. * Jean Voljean 8/24/2026 - 3:58 p.m.
• Any vaccine that is made that quickly is sketchy. The results are not that good, and there were LeapingLizard 8/24/2026 - 4:24 p.m.
• You sure you’re not a Trump voter? Jean Voljean 8/24/2026 - 6:41 p.m.
• When were "a lot" -- or any -- arrested for violating COVID rules? And if any were, StrayGator 8/23/2026 - 3:16 p.m.
• Oh my goodness. It wasn't hindsight when officials were telling the public not to do this... LeapingLizard 8/24/2026 - 2:55 p.m.
• "Show me your ID is all the due process you get" -- JD Vance. * Dawgzilla 8/23/2026 - 1:30 p.m.
• Help me understand why the VP is wrong? When is it ok not to follow Peabody Hall 8/23/2026 - 5:15 p.m.
• When the only reason they are asking is because they dont like the way you look. * Dawgzilla 8/24/2026 - 4:29 p.m.
• RE: Help me understand why the VP is wrong? When is it ok not to follow iPhoneHobbes 8/23/2026 - 5:36 p.m.
• Oh come on! Everyone knows that that is just a bunch of suggestions! * Golden Gator 8/24/2026 - 10:50 a.m.
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"John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it," Hobbes 8/23/2026 - 8:47 a.m.
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I'm not liking this getting older thing 10EC 8/22/2026 - 8:37 p.m.
• RE: I'm not liking this getting older thing……..you ain’t doing it right aubie in bham 8/24/2026 - 5:04 p.m.
• The problem is... I am a cheap bastard (no relation). And no one can match my perfectionism. * 10EC 8/24/2026 - 8:07 p.m.
• Make sure you get high quality ground contact lumber for the base. * UGADawginVA 8/23/2026 - 12:17 p.m.
• I have the Simpson 6x6 bases that keep the post off the concrete. 10EC 8/23/2026 - 1:41 p.m.
• Not getting any permits or inspections? Wize Guy 8/23/2026 - 11:29 a.m.
• That's Wednesday. I dug them 12" by 12" by 15" deep for good measure. 10EC 8/23/2026 - 1:43 p.m.
• I hope you don't get a ton of rain before then Wize Guy 8/23/2026 - 6:54 p.m.
• None forecast. Very small chance. I have the hole covered though. Just 12. * 10EC 8/23/2026 - 9:55 p.m.
• The recovery time....the back....the knees!@#$%!@#$ * GoBananas 8/23/2026 - 10:16 a.m.
• no shit man! Just started to notice these things recently. BBG 8/23/2026 - 1:27 p.m.
• That sounds too much like exercise.. :) 10EC 8/23/2026 - 1:47 p.m.
• RE: That sounds too much like exercise.. :) BBG 8/24/2026 - 12:38 p.m.
• I got back into lap swimming a couple years ago. InvestiGator 8/24/2026 - 4:35 p.m.
• At the end of my Senior year of HS I was in the best shape of my life. 10EC 8/24/2026 - 8:09 p.m.
• I can relate * SpacinGator 8/23/2026 - 6:28 a.m.
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HCR on the time bomb the Big Billionaire Bill that detonates after the mid-terms. trash 8/22/2026 - 5:19 p.m.
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In more news of winning - this time in efforts to help the struggling US farmers and ranchers WAR DAMN EAGLE 8/22/2026 - 10:33 a.m.
• he has really #badword#ed our farmers in the ass this term. * BBG 8/22/2026 - 10:39 a.m.
• And his first term. He provides socialism-esque support to big-Agra like other businesses, which trash 8/22/2026 - 5:26 p.m.
• Socialism-esque? Definitely this administration is THE most socialist admin at least in my lifetime. BelmontGator 8/22/2026 - 6:07 p.m.
• So I support our efforts with Canada. They are important friends but they have abused our farmers Peabody Hall 8/22/2026 - 11:27 a.m.
• Is there anything that Trump does that you will criticize? * Thunder 8/23/2026 - 7:22 a.m.
• Yes… but why try to keep up with the competition on here… the deranged do fine * Peabody Hall 8/23/2026 - 5:18 p.m.
• So, opponents of Trump here are deranged? Thunder 8/24/2026 - 6:23 p.m.
• We had a trade agreement with Canada & Mexico from (checks notes) Trump’s first term. trash 8/22/2026 - 5:29 p.m.
• It’s so bizarre that Trump can contradict himself from one day to the next and half the country just Jean Voljean 8/22/2026 - 6:55 p.m.
• Reality changes with every decree, text, belch or fart from Dear Leader so they never feel wrong * Dawgspeare 8/24/2026 - 7:51 a.m.
• Fact checking on dairy Jean Voljean 8/22/2026 - 2:06 p.m.
• Thanks for that. It has been reported ad nauseam but magas ignore it and continue to report BelmontGator 8/22/2026 - 5:59 p.m.
• Why don't you ask ChatGPT which has hurt US farmers more, Canadian trade policies or Trump's * WAR DAMN EAGLE 8/22/2026 - 11:53 a.m.
• Ok…but I asked in the longer term Peabody Hall 8/22/2026 - 12:23 p.m.
• "If he gets concessions, it'll be better?" Sure. As it will be if he reopens the Strait of Hormuz... StrayGator 8/22/2026 - 1:16 p.m.
• he certainly does that w Gator coaches. BBG 8/22/2026 - 2:55 p.m.
• Ok reasonable take… Peabody Hall 8/22/2026 - 1:27 p.m.
• Cyclospora. One of the benefits of aggressive deregulation. Jean Voljean 8/23/2026 - 1:25 p.m.
• And multiple other botched responses to other food safety issues. More chemicals in everything, trash 8/24/2026 - 2:13 p.m.
• Ok reasonable take… StrayGator 8/22/2026 - 2:31 p.m.
• #9. Trumps attack on China and subsequent capitulation merely highlights our reduced status. * GoBananas 8/23/2026 - 7:51 a.m.
• Is anything more humiliating than being the target of Iran's taunting and bemused mockery? * StrayGator 8/23/2026 - 9:27 a.m.
• welp the fact it doesn’t bother a majority of the party in power iPhoneHobbes 8/23/2026 - 1:10 p.m.
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So Wal Marx is getting almost $3 billion in tariff refunds from the Feds WAR DAMN EAGLE 8/22/2026 - 10:26 a.m.
• Look for a few retailers to call their Labor Day sales "Tariff Refund Sales!!!" Dawgzilla 8/22/2026 - 12:12 p.m.
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Lost amongst the morass of crappy news - USA and Canada are escalating their trade war Bigly. * GoBananas 8/22/2026 - 9:39 a.m.
• It is unclear to me how Trump can just disregard the USMCA, that he negotiated... Dawgzilla 8/22/2026 - 12:16 p.m.
• It is unclear to me how Trump can just disregard the Constitution that he swore to preserve, iPhoneHobbes 8/22/2026 - 4:20 p.m.
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Here is a good column on Doris Miller:give honor when due iPhoneHobbes 8/21/2026 - 4:28 p.m.
• Truly a BAMF. Died in action 2 years later. * BandGeek 8/21/2026 - 4:47 p.m.
• RE: Truly a BAMF. Died in action 2 years later. iPhoneHobbes 8/21/2026 - 4:50 p.m.
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The far right is frightened that Talarico may win..... UGADawginVA 8/21/2026 - 3:05 p.m.
• he is everything they fear... a real Christian, a white guy that eats BBQ, highly educated with BBG 8/21/2026 - 3:31 p.m.
• RE: he is everything they fear... a real Christian, a white guy that eats BBQ, highly educated with iPhoneHobbes 8/21/2026 - 4:44 p.m.
• Texas BBQ is just different BBQ. I am not really a beef rib guy, I do like brisket. BBG 8/21/2026 - 4:53 p.m.
• RE: Texas BBQ is just different BBQ. I am not really a beef rib guy, I do like brisket. iPhoneHobbes 8/21/2026 - 5:02 p.m.
• A white guy that eats bbq? They are afraid of that....damn I thought most white dudes ate bbq.... LeapingLizard 8/21/2026 - 4:41 p.m.
• hahah, you seem into this one! Nooo... MAGA's accused him of being a closet vegan * BBG 8/21/2026 - 4:43 p.m.
• A Vegan! LOL. * LeapingLizard 8/21/2026 - 4:44 p.m.
• worse.. a closet vegan * BBG 8/21/2026 - 4:47 p.m.
• Well I hear Paxson is a closet Christian!!!!! * GoBananas 8/23/2026 - 7:56 a.m.
• But a real Christian so explain that one to me. No worries with me.... LeapingLizard 8/21/2026 - 4:47 p.m.
• relative to all the fake Christians in the world, he is real - especially the MAGA bible beaters * BBG 8/21/2026 - 4:54 p.m.
• I would say it is hard to judge a persons litmus score on being Christian. LeapingLizard 8/21/2026 - 4:59 p.m.
• he has a Masters of Arts in Theological Studies from the Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary BBG 8/22/2026 - 9:31 a.m.
• Way way beyond my pay grade to determine who is a good Xtian and who isn't Hobbes 8/23/2026 - 6:21 p.m.
• So is Talarico a left wing religious nutter and opposed to the right wing religious nutter? LeapingLizard 8/22/2026 - 9:47 a.m.
• no, true Christians (R or D) actually attempt to follow the teachings of Jesus Christ BBG 8/22/2026 - 10:03 a.m.
• Well, seems to me that the teachings of Jesus Christ are up for debate, given... LeapingLizard 8/22/2026 - 10:23 a.m.
• it is mostly about being a good person, treating others well, giving back to the community. BBG 8/22/2026 - 10:31 a.m.
• Ok. Thanks for the discussion. LeapingLizard 8/22/2026 - 12:18 p.m.
• you are the one trying to make this about political "theory or action" BBG 8/22/2026 - 12:32 p.m.
• No, I was trying to thank you for the discussion, as I said... LeapingLizard 8/22/2026 - 12:40 p.m.
• Moving the Californians to Texas may be working. Well played... * 10EC 8/21/2026 - 4:25 p.m.
• born in Round Rock, Texas... 8th generation Texan. BBG 8/21/2026 - 4:31 p.m.
• I could care less about Tejas politics.. * 10EC 8/21/2026 - 5:10 p.m.
• “Couldn’t care less” ? iPhoneHobbes 8/21/2026 - 5:46 p.m.
• After I posted it, I knew someone would would do exactly what you did. Too lazy to correct. 10EC 8/21/2026 - 10:13 p.m.
• RE: After I posted it, I knew someone would would do exactly what you did. Too lazy to correct. iPhoneHobbes 8/21/2026 - 10:43 p.m.
• Well, it wasn't going to be Hobbes.... * 10EC 8/21/2026 - 11:41 p.m.
• I think the grammer correction is correct… Peabody Hall 8/21/2026 - 9:48 p.m.
• I have no idea his Christian credentials... LeapingLizard 8/21/2026 - 4:15 p.m.
• Ha! Actually, Jesus did say that. Jean Voljean 8/22/2026 - 11:40 a.m.
• HE said that you should obey the law perhaps, but separates forced tax from true charity... LeapingLizard 8/22/2026 - 11:46 a.m.
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Oh boy, having read two of Natalie Harp’s letters to POTUS, I’m worried…for POTUS D-Gator 8/21/2026 - 12:39 p.m.
• RE: Oh boy, having read two of Natalie Harp’s letters to POTUS, I’m worried…for POTUS iPhoneHobbes 8/21/2026 - 6:04 p.m.
• Doesn’t she worship him (evil demigod?)? He loves that. * SpacinGator 8/21/2026 - 2:53 p.m.
• bunny boiler vibes for sure. is she a spy? BBG 8/21/2026 - 1:05 p.m.
• Millions of examples of that hypocrisy * SpacinGator 8/21/2026 - 2:54 p.m.
• RE: bunny boiler vibes for sure. is she a spy? Mudlizard 8/21/2026 - 1:47 p.m.
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The Empire comes out in support of Flocking up society WAR DAMN EAGLE 8/21/2026 - 10:56 a.m.
• i wonder what would happen if a ham sammich damaged a Flock? iPhoneHobbes 8/21/2026 - 6:10 p.m.
• It’s the one issue galvanizing 80%+ of the population regardless of political leanings WDE mobile 8/21/2026 - 7:39 p.m.
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I called this. iPhoneHobbes 8/20/2026 - 10:15 p.m.
• The only thing Republicans like more than honoring Trump is taking recognition away from black and Jean Voljean 8/20/2026 - 10:26 p.m.
• The hypocrisy of the Republicans proposing something like this is that on the one hand... Thunder 8/21/2026 - 6:11 a.m.
• I saw that story earlier today and didn't have the time and patience for how much it was gonna piss Native 8/20/2026 - 10:20 p.m.
• I worry that Trump dying will not kill Trumpism. * Jean Voljean 8/20/2026 - 10:28 p.m.
• The arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice... JimG8R 8/21/2026 - 11:44 a.m.
• Unfortunately, that’s about how long it will take to clean up the mess * trash 8/21/2026 - 2:10 p.m.
• It will if he lives long enough to suffer the public disgrace and political downfall he deserves. * StrayGator 8/20/2026 - 10:31 p.m.
• Hopefully * SpacinGator 8/21/2026 - 5:56 a.m.
• Agree. Which is why I am less optimistic about the healing power of Trump’s demise than many. Too Jean Voljean 8/20/2026 - 10:41 p.m.
• i don’t disagree— I am just tired of his ugly mug and insatiable neediness iPhoneHobbes 8/21/2026 - 2:36 p.m.
• He is wildlly unpopular. Even three-time Trump voters are saying they made a mistake. Native 8/20/2026 - 11:15 p.m.
• I don’t remember any of the Lounge Trump voters saying they made a mistake. * Jean Voljean 8/20/2026 - 11:40 p.m.
• Perhaps wishful thinking, but I suspect that maybe those are the quiet ones not posting much * Golden Gator 8/21/2026 - 8:03 a.m.
• Here's some pretty good evidence: Trump endorsed candidates are losing GOP primaries Native 8/21/2026 - 7:53 a.m.
• Trump has also made a lot more primary endorsements this year. Through August 5 he is hitting 96% Jean Voljean 8/21/2026 - 9:39 a.m.
• But the winning endorsements are likely in safe red seats, right? * Native 8/21/2026 - 9:42 a.m.
• it is very interesting..... BBG 8/21/2026 - 8:33 a.m.
• I doubt they will admit it here, because that would require consuming some humble pie Native 8/21/2026 - 12:08 a.m.
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Second polling firm busted manipulating poll data to favor sex pest and misogynist Fishback Native 8/20/2026 - 9:50 p.m.
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Angie Nixon's scary socialist agenda Native 8/20/2026 - 8:18 p.m.
• For those who are concerned about the mounting national debt, that agenda could be alarming. * StrayGator 8/20/2026 - 9:25 p.m.
• As noted below, it's classic Dem policy before the Overton window moved to the right. That Yale Native 8/20/2026 - 9:46 p.m.
• The classic Dem policy was to provide public assistance to those who needed and deserved help. StrayGator 8/20/2026 - 10:28 p.m.
• Agree with all of that. It's about reading the room IMO Mudlizard 8/21/2026 - 10:21 a.m.
• The approach that will now likely win support from a majority of voters is not complicated. StrayGator 8/21/2026 - 10:52 a.m.
• This is not her… she brought a megaphone into the FL House chambers and Peabody Hall 8/21/2026 - 4:41 p.m.
• Calling out partisan redistricting vs. diverting Medicaid funds to partisan political campaigns. StrayGator 8/21/2026 - 6:40 p.m.
• “This is not her… she brought a megaphone into the FL House chambers and “ iPhoneHobbes 8/21/2026 - 4:53 p.m.
• Stop with your bullshit personal attacks and mischaracterizations * Peabody Hall 8/21/2026 - 5:31 p.m.
• should have said thugs instead of goons? iPhoneHobbes 8/21/2026 - 5:43 p.m.
• lol…but please stop the attacks and stay on topic * Peabody Hall 8/21/2026 - 5:54 p.m.
• Women didn't work in those days, and childcare wasn't more than a mortgage. These are the issues Native 8/20/2026 - 10:33 p.m.
• You really need to read more carefully. StrayGator 8/20/2026 - 10:59 p.m.
• RE: You really need to read more carefully. Native 8/20/2026 - 11:13 p.m.
• Mom or dad stays at home and raises the child? I mean, that is the way it worked for a long long 10EC 8/21/2026 - 1:48 p.m.
• You're gonna need to lower the cost of living significantly for that to happen again. * Mudlizard 8/21/2026 - 1:49 p.m.
• Or change lifestyles. Also, maybe working from home? * 10EC 8/21/2026 - 2:47 p.m.
• How can someone working from home give their young children beneficial attention? * Mudlizard 8/21/2026 - 2:54 p.m.
• We have several mothers who are consultants for us. They make it work and no one 10EC 8/21/2026 - 3:21 p.m.
• WADR and as someone just following the thread, you did seem to mischaracterize his position Mudlizard 8/21/2026 - 10:25 a.m.
• RE: You really need to read more carefully. StrayGator 8/20/2026 - 11:46 p.m.
• RE: You really need to read more carefully. Native 8/21/2026 - 12:14 a.m.
• RE: You really need to read more carefully. Peabody Hall 8/21/2026 - 4:47 p.m.
• RE: You really need to read more carefully. StrayGator 8/21/2026 - 10:31 a.m.
• Then the messaging and delivery of those campaign talking points is horrendous. * Mudlizard 8/21/2026 - 10:26 a.m.
• As is the candidate… I noted her screaming into a megaphone on the House floor * Peabody Hall 8/21/2026 - 4:48 p.m.
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The one thing Trump had going for him until recently was no new stupid wars. WAR DAMN EAGLE 8/20/2026 - 7:00 p.m.
• Treasury Secretary Bessent: "We've got a spike in oil prices today that I don't really understand." StrayGator 8/20/2026 - 8:03 p.m.
• The part I didn’t understand is why oil fell as low as it did. Jean Voljean 8/20/2026 - 9:03 p.m.
• Trump used 172 million barrels from our strategic reserve in March, other countries did as well. * BBG 8/20/2026 - 9:18 p.m.
• I think China also stopped buying 4million barrels per day which lessened market pressure. * GoBananas 8/21/2026 - 5:09 a.m.
• Yed. There is an oversupply of EVs there. J.M. 8/21/2026 - 8:28 a.m.
• Yes. And 25% of vehicles in Europe Are EV & 5% is USA. That adds up to lower demand. * GoBananas 8/21/2026 - 10:02 a.m.
• That could have been us with the right president and energy policies * Native 8/21/2026 - 9:02 a.m.
• Curious the source of the electricity? * 10EC 8/21/2026 - 9:21 a.m.
• Ha ha! Probably more coal than gas in China. But also a lot of hydro solar and wind. * J.M. 8/21/2026 - 12:05 p.m.
• 25% of Texas power generation is alternative. Iowa is 57% Wind power. We all make choices. * GoBananas 8/21/2026 - 10:05 a.m.
• It isn't clean energy though. We should be nuclear full bore. * 10EC 8/21/2026 - 4:24 p.m.
• The current choice is to pay companies to not build power plants unless they pollute a lot. * Jean Voljean 8/21/2026 - 4:11 p.m.
• We know it can’t be windmills. * Jean Voljean 8/21/2026 - 9:42 a.m.
• EV charging requires an infinitesimal amount of energy compared to AI and data centers * Native 8/21/2026 - 9:37 a.m.
• Not on the scale needed to power 300 million plus vehicles every day 365 days a year in all weather. chigatorbri 8/21/2026 - 10:07 a.m.
• Autos whether EV or gas are inefficient. Trains, trolleys etc is where funding should go * GoBananas 8/21/2026 - 2:19 p.m.
• Americans won't ride trains for distance when they can drive. A bullet train system would be great, chigatorbri 8/21/2026 - 2:34 p.m.
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Do you think that some type of grand bargain for federal spending can be made? UGADawginVA 8/20/2026 - 1:21 p.m.
• So the productive class provides a bailout for the political class? Not interested. * Mississippi Vol 8/20/2026 - 5:12 p.m.
• Increasing the FICA tax rates would be the simplest and fairest. This should've started years ago. BurrGator 8/21/2026 - 12:32 p.m.
• Perhaps the simplest, and what’s fair is subjective (obviously I disagree as stated in my original Mississippi Vol 8/23/2026 - 12:34 p.m.
• The productive class are the people paying into social security about to be screwed Native 8/20/2026 - 8:19 p.m.
• Let’s consider the economic dilemma: Mississippi Vol 8/20/2026 - 10:11 p.m.
• There will be riots in the streets once the Social Security cuts kick in. * WAR DAMN EAGLE 8/20/2026 - 5:47 p.m.
• RE: There will be riots in the streets once the Social Security cuts kick in. aubie in bham 8/20/2026 - 7:20 p.m.
• Folks my age were fretting 50 years ago that there would be nothing left when we qualified. * StrayGator 8/20/2026 - 9:28 p.m.
• Simple solution: Mow down those old timers! They're just a burden on the productive class anyway. * StrayGator 8/20/2026 - 6:18 p.m.
• Renew! Renew! * 10EC 8/20/2026 - 7:20 p.m.
• That movie is underrated * UGADawginVA 8/20/2026 - 7:25 p.m.
• I'm not the "runner" I would have been at 29 -- and it's way too hot now "outside." * StrayGator 8/20/2026 - 7:25 p.m.
• The sequel... "Slogan's Run" * 10EC 8/20/2026 - 7:34 p.m.
• "Slogan's Jog" * StrayGator 8/20/2026 - 7:37 p.m.
• Ok * Mississippi Vol 8/20/2026 - 6:12 p.m.
• We could cut defense spending in half.... LeapingLizard 8/20/2026 - 3:29 p.m.
• It's going to take a comprehensive effort if we're serious about it. WAR DAMN EAGLE 8/20/2026 - 6:47 p.m.
• Couldn't agree with you more. Nobody is serious about the debt... LeapingLizard 8/21/2026 - 3:09 p.m.
• I fear too many Americans now would vote out any official who says we all need to tighten our belts. * StrayGator 8/20/2026 - 7:54 p.m.
• Our current society is very soft. WAR DAMN EAGLE 8/20/2026 - 9:33 p.m.
• I agree with you here as well. Americans are in general a bit soft. LeapingLizard 8/21/2026 - 3:13 p.m.
• It's actually pretty offensive when the Epstein class is stealing us blind. McDonalds, Wally World Native 8/20/2026 - 9:29 p.m.
• Uncapped FICA would be the largest tax increase in our history. It would also DurangoGator 8/20/2026 - 2:17 p.m.
• Most Social Security recipients equalize their deducted fica contributions in only a few years … a Peabody Hall 8/20/2026 - 4:51 p.m.
• I agree with you on SS. Medicare is already uncapped with an additonal .9% for wages aubie in bham 8/20/2026 - 2:56 p.m.
• While I’m at it, the benefit formula for SS makes it a progressive not regressive tax DurangoGator 8/20/2026 - 3:31 p.m.
• I would be open to all ideas.... * UGADawginVA 8/20/2026 - 2:33 p.m.
• We’d better. * Jean Voljean 8/20/2026 - 1:52 p.m.
• Ha Ha Ha! * chigatorbri 8/20/2026 - 1:35 p.m.
• Would like to see some modeling around your themes... lurch 8/20/2026 - 2:05 p.m.
• I like huge cuts but the aftershocks are HUGE and unfortunately Peabody Hall 8/20/2026 - 4:54 p.m.
• The loopholes would have to be closed if you are retooling SS and Medicare... * UGADawginVA 8/20/2026 - 2:33 p.m.
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Mike McNellis with a primer on why the Natalie Harp story matters. trash 8/20/2026 - 12:48 p.m.
• What's wild is apparently Hegsbreath needs his own work wife as well...literally, he brings his wife Native 8/20/2026 - 9:25 p.m.
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The worshiped Heath Cox Richardson is a strong leftist marked by Peabody Hall 8/20/2026 - 10:27 a.m.
• Naw. I really really like and admire her. She's good people. Wish she ran for Senate because she J.M. 8/20/2026 - 3:23 p.m.
• I’ve tried for years to read her and came to the conclusion Peabody Hall 8/20/2026 - 4:56 p.m.
• Yes, it is but it's an opinion that only seems to be held by right wing ideologues Native 8/21/2026 - 9:04 a.m.
• I just have to say I don't think these threads evolved the way you thought they were going to Native 8/20/2026 - 1:20 p.m.
• My gig as a white man has been pretty good so far. * Hobbes 8/20/2026 - 1:13 p.m.
• White people elected Trump twice in response to the election of a black man, because he gave them trash 8/20/2026 - 1:55 p.m.
• That sums it up perfectly...calling HCR a racist for pointing out racism is the epitome of Native 8/20/2026 - 2:36 p.m.
• Hit dog’s gonna holler * trash 8/20/2026 - 11:48 a.m.
• Asked below iabout her revisionist history…. It is all over the place…consider her treatment of Peabody Hall 8/20/2026 - 10:33 a.m.
• More from her own words…exact words from that Peabody Hall 8/20/2026 - 10:39 a.m.
• Her horrific error on Charlie Kirk’s assassination was something she should have at Peabody Hall 8/20/2026 - 10:49 a.m.
• Imho a liberal hack wrapped in partial revisionism and half truths * Peabody Hall 8/20/2026 - 10:52 a.m.
• When MAGA wants to see racism, revisionism, and half-truths, they need only look into a mirror. * StrayGator 8/20/2026 - 11:02 a.m.
• Stray… that response is tired and weak imho and Peabody Hall 8/20/2026 - 11:19 a.m.
• Clocky 's signature comes to mind.. * Hobbes 8/20/2026 - 1:15 p.m.
• You may not regard yourself as MAGA, but your posts certainly reflect their positions. * StrayGator 8/20/2026 - 11:29 a.m.
• any three-time Trump voter who expresses support for genital exams for kids and won't respond BBG 8/20/2026 - 12:28 p.m.
• Start your own thread on folks thoughts on how to end the Iran situation… might be interesting if Peabody Hall 8/20/2026 - 4:59 p.m.
• oh, it's up to me to end this bullshit war? BBG 8/20/2026 - 9:41 p.m.
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The real danger to girls in sports isn't their trans teammates, it's their (usually) male coaches Native 8/20/2026 - 8:08 a.m.
• Has nothing to do with boys playing in women’s sports…horrible comparison kinda Peabody Hall 8/20/2026 - 9:30 a.m.
• Want to read an actual horrific post? Wize Guy 8/20/2026 - 11:43 a.m.
• The point is y'all are always focused on the wrong things, including trans athletes * Native 8/20/2026 - 9:40 a.m.
• I don't think most of us were focused on trans anything until the left put it in our faces. * LeapingLizard 8/20/2026 - 3:07 p.m.
• Duly noted that you hate LGBTQ people having rights and living their lives. * Native 8/20/2026 - 5:23 p.m.
• I do not hate anyone and certainly not for who they want to sleep with. LeapingLizard 8/20/2026 - 5:27 p.m.
• I draw conclusions based on your posts; you accused the left of putting trans in your face Native 8/20/2026 - 8:39 p.m.
• I can see where you might draw that conclusion. LeapingLizard 8/21/2026 - 3:01 p.m.
• If you daughter was cheated out of winning an event or even participating…you should be ashamed! * Peabody Hall 8/20/2026 - 9:55 a.m.
• I would especially be pissed off if my daughter was raped by Trump and people still supported him. * BelmontGator 8/20/2026 - 12:15 p.m.
• Or Bill Clinton * LeapingLizard 8/20/2026 - 3:06 p.m.
• ^^^LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK! * Native 8/20/2026 - 12:51 p.m.
• Delulu...name me one daughter cheated out of winning or participating in an event Native 8/20/2026 - 11:40 a.m.
• Their names are there…none so blind as they who will not see * Peabody Hall 8/20/2026 - 3:16 p.m.
• That is not an answer * Native 8/20/2026 - 3:26 p.m.
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HCR on Donnie's nursemaid and how badly he's screwed the pooch on Iran Native 8/20/2026 - 7:59 a.m.
• Has HCR ever had a kind word? * Peabody Hall 8/20/2026 - 8:28 a.m.
• is there anything kind to say about Donald. iPhoneHobbes 8/20/2026 - 1:38 p.m.
• give us your take on how Iran war is going, please. * BBG 8/20/2026 - 9:42 a.m.
• No..not taking your bait * Peabody Hall 8/20/2026 - 9:56 a.m.
• It's relevant to your unhinged rant about HCR * Native 8/20/2026 - 8:41 p.m.
• With that kind of response it must be going badly. Of course we already know that. * BelmontGator 8/20/2026 - 12:20 p.m.
• You seem upset that she's ignoring the positive aspects of the war - curious what those are * Dawgspeare 8/20/2026 - 11:38 a.m.
• And give me your take on the slanderous attack calling the executive assistant to the potus his Peabody Hall 8/20/2026 - 10:58 a.m.
• RE: And give me your take on the slanderous attack calling the executive assistant to the potus his iPhoneHobbes 8/20/2026 - 10:22 p.m.
• Is diaper changer a better description? * BelmontGator 8/20/2026 - 12:24 p.m.
• Bring your brain bleach Native 8/20/2026 - 1:10 p.m.
• I'm just amazed you are so far down the MAGA rabbit hole * BBG 8/20/2026 - 12:21 p.m.
• Well, she appears to be hauling around a diaper bag, don't blame us for speculating. Y'all seem to Native 8/20/2026 - 11:43 a.m.
• HCR is lovely. Natalie is apparently as despicible as any other MAGAt. She's the racist Obama video Native 8/20/2026 - 8:41 a.m.
• No she is a racist…sick of her hatred! * Peabody Hall 8/20/2026 - 9:21 a.m.
• Heather Cox Richardson is a racist? That's almost as ridiculous as being for genital check for Native 8/20/2026 - 9:27 a.m.
• you cannot make this stuff up..... BBG 8/20/2026 - 9:50 a.m.
• You have got to admit, we are pretty good at getting conservative men to tell us who they really are Native 8/20/2026 - 11:41 a.m.
• Hell no you can’t !Tell me if your daughter was cheated out of playing because of a guy Peabody Hall 8/20/2026 - 9:58 a.m.
• 3 time Trump voter telling me I should be ashamed? I raised a young woman who 100% supports BBG 8/20/2026 - 12:47 p.m.
• Some guys think they've found a reason for the state to conduct genital inspection of teenage girls Dawgspeare 8/20/2026 - 11:41 a.m.
• Agree. Disgusting but not surprised coming from maga. They have a thing for underage girls. * BelmontGator 8/20/2026 - 12:23 p.m.
• All the time, just not about him. You could learn something. trash 8/20/2026 - 8:35 a.m.
• Tired of the despicable name calling and not going to take it and defense of self identified Peabody Hall 8/20/2026 - 9:25 a.m.
• You’re the one who said you were ok with it. Tell us different or own it. * trash 8/20/2026 - 11:45 a.m.
• HCR is not a socialist, she's a historian...which is obviously like kryptonite to conservatives. Native 8/20/2026 - 9:31 a.m.
• She is a revisionist nonsensical pompous person * Peabody Hall 8/20/2026 - 9:59 a.m.
• She's rubber, you're glue! * Native 8/20/2026 - 2:37 p.m.
• Sez the guy who supports those who are literally white-washing US history. * trash 8/20/2026 - 12:50 p.m.
• That sounds like a spot-on description of Donald Trump. * StrayGator 8/20/2026 - 10:03 a.m.
• Can you point out examples of her "revising" history? * dudehead 8/20/2026 - 10:03 a.m.
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GOP accuses former NC gov Roy Cooper of releasing a violent killer from jail early Wize Guy 8/20/2026 - 7:43 a.m.
• They just don't care, are going to lie about everything. Look how they go back home and take credit Native 8/20/2026 - 7:52 a.m.
• No you are going to lie and mischaracterize over and over again * Peabody Hall 8/20/2026 - 9:26 a.m.
• By all means, explain to the board how I've done that. In detail * Native 8/20/2026 - 9:31 a.m.
(1/1)
The new FDA lead is anti-vaxx and a anti-abortion nut job Native 8/20/2026 - 7:36 a.m.
(7/7)
If Trump is not a Russian asset instructed to destroy America, what actions Jean Voljean 8/20/2026 - 7:22 a.m.
• He always was, it's always been obvious. The naval interference is no better Native 8/20/2026 - 7:37 a.m.
• Damn, you are an expert on the military as well. LeapingLizard 8/20/2026 - 4:44 p.m.
• “I played sports” * iPhoneHobbes 8/20/2026 - 10:21 p.m.
• No, I just read and listen to the people who are, unlike our current Commander-in-Thief * Native 8/20/2026 - 9:04 p.m.
• Hmmmm. Well I served, as I said on Submarines. LeapingLizard 8/21/2026 - 3:17 p.m.
• he’s an unwitting extreme useful idiot. * iPhoneHobbes 8/20/2026 - 8:58 a.m.
(3/3)
Miami ties 84 year heat record iPhoneHobbes 8/20/2026 - 5:48 a.m.
• We obviously need to pay more in taxes so this stops. * LeapingLizard 8/20/2026 - 4:54 p.m.
• My husband hates west winds with the heat of...a normal Florida summer day Native 8/20/2026 - 7:50 a.m.
(1/1)
I think Ossoff is to something..... UGADawginVA 8/19/2026 - 8:30 p.m.
(24/24)
National debt under Trump tops $40 trillion Native 8/19/2026 - 7:34 p.m.
• Anyone that blames the debt simply on one party is truly someone who is an idealogue. LeapingLizard 8/20/2026 - 3:10 p.m.
• Anyone trying to pretend that the Rs don't talk a good game but never fail to do the opposite is Native 8/20/2026 - 8:21 p.m.
• Horrible. Trump doesn’t care about debt or anything but his own wealth. He’s trashing our country. * SpacinGator 8/20/2026 - 10:06 a.m.
• And $36 trillion under Biden 🤔 * Mississippi Vol 8/20/2026 - 9:53 a.m.
• Biden was handed a Covid disaster. Obama was handed a financial meltdown. They both handed over Native 8/20/2026 - 1:12 p.m.
• Let’s look at end of 2020. Congress and the Administration had produced a legislative plan. As soon Mississippi Vol 8/20/2026 - 4:42 p.m.
• Reagan Trump except for COVID * 10EC 8/20/2026 - 2:07 p.m.
• Disingenuous at best. * 10EC 8/19/2026 - 8:09 p.m.
• Here are the numbers. No way the tax cuts should have been extended (or enacted the first time) DurangoGator 8/20/2026 - 9:22 a.m.
• Economically, is taking preferable to borrowing? IMO, the latter as taking Mississippi Vol 8/20/2026 - 10:14 a.m.
• I like the idea that we pay for services as we go. If we want X program at Y cost DurangoGator 8/20/2026 - 11:01 a.m.
• I agree with you regards local funding, as funding is direct, voted on by residents and directly Mississippi Vol 8/20/2026 - 11:18 a.m.
• The crowding out also applies to labor and materials as well as capital DurangoGator 8/20/2026 - 1:55 p.m.
• I agree. * Mississippi Vol 8/20/2026 - 4:30 p.m.
• Facts are stubborn things * trash 8/20/2026 - 8:35 a.m.
• Your attempt to deflect from GOP mismanagement is what is disingenuous * Native 8/20/2026 - 7:22 a.m.
• 33% due to Trump...... nobody will be able to afford to have kids, forget Roe.... * BBG 8/19/2026 - 9:22 p.m.
• No question both parties contributed...1/3 of this can be directly attributed to Trump * UGADawginVA 8/19/2026 - 8:27 p.m.
• Dems dealt with real catastrophes, Trump blew the budget with tax cuts for the 0.01% - here's his Native 8/19/2026 - 8:41 p.m.
• Trying to be America's Nero and Caligula * Thunder 8/19/2026 - 8:49 p.m.
• It should be noted in the strongest terms that the catastrophes Dem presidents had to deal with Native 8/20/2026 - 7:32 a.m.
• Heck, even before our lifetimes...the events leading up to the Great Depression...Republican... Thunder 8/20/2026 - 7:37 a.m.
• I remember the roaring times when Jimmy Carter was President... LeapingLizard 8/20/2026 - 3:19 p.m.
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Great moments in Government Education LeapingLizard 8/19/2026 - 2:43 p.m.
• RE: Great moments in Government Education iPhoneHobbes 8/19/2026 - 4:13 p.m.
• Objection. Obvious whataboutism and should be disregarded. * LeapingLizard 8/20/2026 - 2:43 p.m.
• I think Mississippi beats California in test scores. LeapingLizard 8/19/2026 - 4:29 p.m.
• Mississippi is stil near the bottom in academic achievement. So if Floriduh, despite funneling Native 8/20/2026 - 7:33 a.m.
• I would say first, you avoided the original post and issue and engaged in whataboutism... LeapingLizard 8/20/2026 - 3:02 p.m.
• RE: I think Mississippi beats California in test scores. iPhoneHobbes 8/19/2026 - 8:42 p.m.
• Ok, but how do you feel about passing people and admitting to University.. LeapingLizard 8/20/2026 - 2:40 p.m.
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10EC. Good interview with Governor Kemp. I haven’t really followed him DurangoGator 8/19/2026 - 1:55 p.m.
• Thanks for sharing. He hates MAGA... he is one of my hopes to get the GOP turned around. * 10EC 8/19/2026 - 2:17 p.m.
• Turned around back to what? LeapingLizard 8/19/2026 - 2:29 p.m.
• Dude.. The GOP under MAGA control is a joke. * 10EC 8/19/2026 - 3:08 p.m.
• There is no functioning GOP anymore. It's the party of MAGA. * Phred 8/19/2026 - 3:15 p.m.
• I have no party at the Fed level... * 10EC 8/19/2026 - 4:49 p.m.
• Thank god I am libertarian then. The few ..the proud...the wondering wth is going on with people. * LeapingLizard 8/19/2026 - 3:19 p.m.
• ^^^Like I said, in six more months, no one will admit to being MAGA * Native 8/20/2026 - 7:23 a.m.
• I was never Maga, but even today the R's are preferrable to the D's... LeapingLizard 8/20/2026 - 2:49 p.m.
• Yes they will. When we set up Nuremberg trials for all of the traitors. Re-education camps, etc. :D * Phred 8/20/2026 - 9:32 a.m.
• Which will be impossible because Trump Hitler will have set up the fascist dictatorship by then.... LeapingLizard 8/20/2026 - 2:52 p.m.
• Dude, I am not maga. I was just curious on your thoughts on how to "turn it around" LeapingLizard 8/19/2026 - 3:14 p.m.
• well, first, I didn't say you were MAGA. Libertarian is very interesting to me up until 10EC 8/19/2026 - 3:23 p.m.
• Very well stated LeapingLizard 8/19/2026 - 3:33 p.m.
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David Axelrod clutches pearls iPhoneHobbes 8/19/2026 - 1:53 p.m.
• Honestly, he's as bad as Carville, wish they both would STFU Native 8/20/2026 - 9:43 a.m.
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Senator Ashley Moody was the Peabody Hall 8/19/2026 - 11:31 a.m.
• A Florida Gator vs. A Florida Gator * Gjlgator 8/19/2026 - 9:14 p.m.
• In a sane world it shouldn't be close, but ..... * LeapingLizard 8/19/2026 - 2:20 p.m.
• She also didn't have a serious challenger, unlike most of the other candidates Native 8/19/2026 - 11:54 a.m.
• not ideological...lol. * LeapingLizard 8/19/2026 - 2:00 p.m.
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Darlene Graham is exactly what South Carolina deserves... UGADawginVA 8/19/2026 - 1:53 a.m.
• Darline, please...an evey more ridiculous spelling of that absurd name which my momma Native 8/19/2026 - 7:28 a.m.
• I was gonna be a Claudia - so glad I am a dude. * BBG 8/19/2026 - 11:12 a.m.
• Yeah, it could have been worse, I could have been a Mildred, after mom's GM Native 8/19/2026 - 11:34 a.m.
• BIGJOE’s maternal grandmother was crazier than he was and he lived to yank her chain iPhoneHobbes 8/19/2026 - 1:41 p.m.
• lol * Native 8/19/2026 - 3:50 p.m.
• Ooof * chigatorbri 8/19/2026 - 3:09 p.m.
• I was destined to be a Gretchen if the chromosomes had been different … thank you 🙏 God * All Hail Florida 8/19/2026 - 11:49 a.m.
• Yes but you would be called D-Nice by the substitute teacher. BelmontGator 8/19/2026 - 10:39 a.m.
• He kinda has a point about Ay-Ay-Ron * Native 8/19/2026 - 11:10 a.m.
• You’re being insubordinate and churlish. * Jean Voljean 8/19/2026 - 10:55 a.m.
• That was such a great line! * BelmontGator 8/19/2026 - 6:17 p.m.
• Russian's have a male name "Denis". Phred 8/19/2026 - 9:27 a.m.
• Well, that makes me feel totally better! * Native 8/19/2026 - 9:46 a.m.
• End Birthright Senatorship. * Dawgzilla 8/19/2026 - 6:33 a.m.
• MML * Native 8/19/2026 - 7:36 a.m.
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I'm starting to think Angie Nixon is going to win the Senate primary race Native 8/18/2026 - 7:41 p.m.
• And she has no shot...not much better with Vindman * UGADawginVA 8/18/2026 - 10:27 p.m.
• I’m still delighted that we rejected the cynical assumption that Vindman was more “electable” D-Gator 8/19/2026 - 3:15 a.m.
• I really hate when the DNC or D state Committees weigh-in during the primaries. They ought to keep trash 8/19/2026 - 8:33 a.m.
• Given current state of voters, I agree. D-Gator 8/19/2026 - 9:51 a.m.
• Jolly just now on MSNBC when asked about the DSA and trying to label him a socialist Native 8/19/2026 - 11:23 a.m.
• I still freaking can’t get over how the GOP doesn’t mind Donald cozying up to the DPRK iPhoneHobbes 8/19/2026 - 1:45 p.m.
• Right, but Ashley Moody is shamelessly calling Angie Nixon "Comrade" Native 8/19/2026 - 3:50 p.m.
• Angie was on with Jen Psaki last night (no MSNBC host had her on until she won) - love this quote Native 8/19/2026 - 8:54 a.m.
• They just said he was holding on to like $6million for the general, without doing the work Native 8/19/2026 - 7:23 a.m.
• I did not see a single Vindman sign or TV ad in Central Florida. What did he spend the $10M on? * D-Gator 8/19/2026 - 9:56 a.m.
• Another really good sign for Dems last night in Sarasota county - Moms 4 Liberty were pretty much Native 8/19/2026 - 7:55 a.m.
• Moms 4 Bigotry got wiped out in Orange and Seminole Counties * D-Gator 8/19/2026 - 9:59 a.m.
• Makes my heart so happy. As Jolly says, 2024 was the pinnacle of MAGA success, now that voters Native 8/19/2026 - 10:51 a.m.
• Don't be too sure, it may be a long one, but it's not zero Native 8/18/2026 - 10:41 p.m.
• I will vote for her as a preferable alternative to Moody, but I'm not optimistic about her prospects * StrayGator 8/18/2026 - 11:38 p.m.
• You don't have to be, her supporters will do the heavy lifting Native 8/19/2026 - 7:30 a.m.
• I believe Nixon's best hope is to burden Moody with blame for the corrupt "Hope Florida" scam. StrayGator 8/19/2026 - 10:20 a.m.
• A friend in my women's club just posted this Native 8/19/2026 - 12:53 p.m.
• 100%, and it's something Jolly has been hitting Donalds over, so it's a place they can align Native 8/19/2026 - 10:56 a.m.
• Every Dem I know voted for Nixon. She won huge in Central Florida. This helps Jolly IMO D-Gator 8/18/2026 - 8:11 p.m.
• It should also help Jolly monetarily * Mudlizard 8/19/2026 - 6:48 a.m.
• Jolly should win going away. He is running against an idiot whose only platform is “Trump likes me”. * CoachTony 8/19/2026 - 8:07 a.m.
• One problem for Jolly is that Donalds will have a huge campaign funding advantage, thanks to Trump. * StrayGator 8/19/2026 - 10:26 a.m.
• Angie Nixon had $60K to Vinman's 10 mil...the money doesn't matter as much as more if you work Native 8/19/2026 - 10:58 a.m.
• I'm not so sure. Have you seen the TV ads that Donalds has already been running against Jolly? StrayGator 8/19/2026 - 11:34 a.m.
• Yes, he says if you want a rainbow crosswalk he will buy you a can of paint Native 8/19/2026 - 12:06 p.m.
• Yes, but Florida will vote for any crook or kook with an R by their name, so I understand the Native 8/19/2026 - 8:19 a.m.
• It will help his turnout with Black women and in areas like Jacksonville. * Native 8/19/2026 - 7:23 a.m.
• Also, Cory Mills is down a good amount in his primary Native 8/18/2026 - 8:14 p.m.
• Hoping Mills loses his primary! Not a very good guy but not bad vote * Peabody Hall 8/18/2026 - 9:06 p.m.
• His character is about the mean for the Republican Party these days. * Jean Voljean 8/18/2026 - 9:36 p.m.
• The Republican party is full of mean characters these days. FTFY * Native 8/19/2026 - 10:59 a.m.
• ”Young Gifted and Black” iPhoneHobbes 8/19/2026 - 1:50 p.m.
• Mills is a loser * Native 8/18/2026 - 8:25 p.m.
• I agree. And FTR, I think Jolly will completely embrace her candidacy and she campaigns Native 8/18/2026 - 8:13 p.m.
• MSNBC just called it for Nixon. This is going to be a fascinating race. Native 8/18/2026 - 8:05 p.m.
• We see this differently…. I know you are shocked as Peabody Hall 8/18/2026 - 8:09 p.m.
• Trump is going to drag Rs down with him Native 8/18/2026 - 8:11 p.m.
• So … think about this a second time…all the votes aren’t counted but Peabody Hall 8/18/2026 - 9:01 p.m.
• Another way of looking at it is Rs greatly outnumber Ds in Hillsborough County, with a significant # Native 8/18/2026 - 9:06 p.m.
• Mills and Trump stuff is not comparable * Peabody Hall 8/18/2026 - 9:08 p.m.
• They are the same - Trump sex trafficked children, that was the point of Epstein * Native 8/18/2026 - 9:19 p.m.
• Haven’t you heard? We Dems are all “communists”—that’s all they got * D-Gator 8/18/2026 - 8:12 p.m.
(2/2)
Here is the Caruso probable cause affidavit. Hobbes 8/18/2026 - 7:39 p.m.
• This is a fun read from Raw Story - he could get the death penalty he supported for the crime he's Native 8/18/2026 - 10:43 p.m.
(10/10)
Not worth your time Stray… It’s like arguing with a magic 8 ball built by Fox News. * trash 8/18/2026 - 5:50 p.m.
• The more he posts, the more I’m thinking I was being too generous in thinking he was trolling. * Mudlizard 8/18/2026 - 6:46 p.m.
• hmmmm. * LeapingLizard 8/19/2026 - 1:45 p.m.
• If nothing else, it helps me to refine my own thoughts by subjecting them to challenge. And I hope StrayGator 8/18/2026 - 5:59 p.m.
• Understandable, yet in 89 posts so far he has yet to do anyone else the same courtesy * trash 8/19/2026 - 7:35 a.m.
• And the party controls the truth, and the truth is subject to change. * LeapingLizard 8/18/2026 - 6:16 p.m.
• We have always been at war with South Korea. North Korea is our ally. * Hobbes 8/18/2026 - 7:02 p.m.
• Real socialism has never been tried. * LeapingLizard 8/19/2026 - 1:53 p.m.
• How many times does it have to be said: No party controls my vote. * StrayGator 8/18/2026 - 6:18 p.m.
• Then we have that in common. * LeapingLizard 8/19/2026 - 1:45 p.m.
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You think there was a plan here??? UGADawginVA 8/18/2026 - 5:04 p.m.
• One of the odder things about this latest cry of outrage by the Republicans Jean Voljean 8/18/2026 - 7:36 p.m.
• it is just so completely incredible the level of hypocrisy and creepiness in that MAGA ecosystem BBG 8/19/2026 - 7:37 a.m.
• Natalie needs to do a better job iPhoneHobbes 8/18/2026 - 5:21 p.m.
• They more they attack him, the more powerful he becomes - like Talarico in Texas * Native 8/18/2026 - 5:20 p.m.
• The irony is that this approach is exactly how Trump attracted attention and galvanized support. * StrayGator 8/18/2026 - 6:02 p.m.
• I hate that our political climate is all about being clever and telegenic. DurangoGator 8/18/2026 - 7:24 p.m.
• It all basically started with the 1960 election which had one of the first, if not the first... Thunder 8/18/2026 - 9:21 p.m.
• These days candidates need to grab attention before anyone will listen to their policies. * StrayGator 8/18/2026 - 7:46 p.m.
• And isn’t that sad * DurangoGator 8/18/2026 - 7:53 p.m.
• Unfortunate, but essential in contemporary politics, thanks largely to social media and dark money. * StrayGator 8/18/2026 - 7:55 p.m.
• Ossoff talks substance a lot too. * Jean Voljean 8/18/2026 - 7:37 p.m.
• That’s good. Most of my issue has to do with voters putting so much DurangoGator 8/18/2026 - 7:53 p.m.
• 2 years as his rookie session, 4 years as minority party. I have no idea if Ossoff is more than Jean Voljean 8/18/2026 - 9:44 p.m.
• I suppose. I have always been so repulsed by him I can't fathom anyone liking, supporting, or giving Native 8/18/2026 - 6:14 p.m.
• It's about saying the quiet part out loud -- Ossoff and Talarico are turning the tables on Trump. * StrayGator 8/18/2026 - 6:19 p.m.
• Jolly is doing that as well, and it's a breath of fresh air Native 8/18/2026 - 6:45 p.m.