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Home Depot tells Florida GOP to stop the Deport Depot merch Native 8/17/2025 - 7:23 p.m.
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Zelensky apparently is not coming by himself this week..... UGADawginVA 8/17/2025 - 6:36 p.m.
• I’m sure they’re all coming to tell Trump they endorse Ukraine trading land for peace in our time. * Jean Voljean 8/17/2025 - 6:58 p.m.
• What's your plan Mr Helper? * 10EC 8/17/2025 - 7:33 p.m.
• Sic semper tyrannis! * JimG8R 8/17/2025 - 8:08 p.m.
• My plan is support the people who are being attacked by Putin. Listen to our NATO allies. * Jean Voljean 8/17/2025 - 8:05 p.m.
• it seems pretty simple, right? * BBG 8/17/2025 - 8:48 p.m.
• “Everything in war is simple,but the simplest thing is difficult” Boggy Creek Gator 8/17/2025 - 9:13 p.m.
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So, if Ukraine gives up land for NATO security, isn't that a better than continuing the war? 10EC 8/17/2025 - 5:08 p.m.
• Maybe * WAR DAMN EAGLE 8/17/2025 - 6:19 p.m.
• Funny how neither Ukraine nor our NATO allies far closer to Russia agree. * Jean Voljean 8/17/2025 - 6:17 p.m.
• Funny, I thought the meeting was tomorrow. * 10EC 8/17/2025 - 6:26 p.m.
• Funny that you think something has changed because Trump welcomed Putin to the US. * Jean Voljean 8/17/2025 - 6:45 p.m.
• Only if you believe that Putin's assurances can be trusted. Stray Gator 8/17/2025 - 5:51 p.m.
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Bulwark: All the ways that the Alaska summit was such a failure by Trump Dawgspeare 8/17/2025 - 12:30 p.m.
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Bulwark: Welcome to that dreaded economic singularity known as Stagflation... Dawgspeare 8/17/2025 - 7:15 a.m.
• The lead guy on that podcast. He looks like he is about to wet himself he is so giddy. * 10EC 8/17/2025 - 8:52 a.m.
• What point in the video gave you that impression? Is there a time stamp I can refer to? * Dawgspeare 8/17/2025 - 9:31 a.m.
• 0:01... I mean the other guy is laughing at like 0:10 * 10EC 8/17/2025 - 9:54 a.m.
• 0:01 the trademark JVL wince, and the laugh at the mention of "stagflation" struck me as disbelief Dawgspeare 8/17/2025 - 10:03 a.m.
• If you are so blind to it, I cannot help you.... * 10EC 8/17/2025 - 10:09 a.m.
• So that was it then? JVL's wincing talking style and a gallows chuckle at the beginning? Dawgspeare 8/17/2025 - 10:12 a.m.
• No, pretty much the whole piece. Throwing daggers and happy about it. * 10EC 8/17/2025 - 10:14 a.m.
• Didn't see it at all. The guy on the right smiled at the start, the rest was discussion of real BelmontGator 8/17/2025 - 11:07 a.m.
• I do t like what Trump is doing... the glee from the left is the point. 10EC 8/17/2025 - 11:39 a.m.
• It's really a stretch to call JVL and Andrew Egger leftists * Dawgspeare 8/17/2025 - 11:57 a.m.
• Where else did you see those hints of glee? * Dawgspeare 8/17/2025 - 10:15 a.m.
• Pretty much the whole piece... * 10EC 8/17/2025 - 10:25 a.m.
• So no other examples? I checked again and smiles are very scarce, and there's no more chuckles until Dawgspeare 8/17/2025 - 10:27 a.m.
• :30; 1:10; 1:48; 2:39; 4:27. That enough? * 10EC 8/17/2025 - 10:40 a.m.
• Trump seemed way more gleeful about hanging w Putin than these guys seem about stagflation BBG 8/17/2025 - 11:08 a.m.
• Speaking of riding in The Beast...if this image is fake, I don't want to know Native 8/17/2025 - 12:14 p.m.
• Do you also see chemtrails instead of contrails? * BelmontGator 8/17/2025 - 11:08 a.m.
• I don't see any glee at all Dawgspeare 8/17/2025 - 10:58 a.m.
• Again, I'm sorry if you cannot see it. * 10EC 8/17/2025 - 11:24 a.m.
• I am sorry that you do - I see way more "told ya so" and general bewilderment at the ridiculousness BBG 8/17/2025 - 11:30 a.m.
• What is ridiculous is some are way more invested in this petty bickering about vdeo facial Native 8/17/2025 - 11:37 a.m.
• I still can't get over that we treated Putin the way we did here in the USA - again - disgusting. BBG 8/17/2025 - 11:41 a.m.
• How should it have been done? * 10EC 8/17/2025 - 11:50 a.m.
• Putin should have been arrested for war crimes. * BelmontGator 8/17/2025 - 5:15 p.m.
• And start WWIII.... wanna think about that one for a minute and come back? * 10EC 8/17/2025 - 5:49 p.m.
• What would Russia do in that scenario ? * BBG 8/17/2025 - 5:53 p.m.
• Should have never allowed him to come to this country in the first place. BBG 8/17/2025 - 12:48 p.m.
• Rolling out a literal red carpet for a man with a standing arrest warrant from the ICC, pretty bad Dawgspeare 8/17/2025 - 12:09 p.m.
• Netanyahu has an ICC warrant too… you want to keep him out as well? Boggy Creek Gator 8/17/2025 - 1:14 p.m.
• Zelensky is learning, bringing his own delegation with him tomorrow * Native 8/17/2025 - 12:11 p.m.
• Didn't answer the question... * 10EC 8/17/2025 - 12:09 p.m.
• Don't be so obsequious to a war criminal * Dawgspeare 8/17/2025 - 12:10 p.m.
• But how? * 10EC 8/17/2025 - 12:26 p.m.
• A non-gutted State Department could have really helped along those lines * Dawgspeare 8/17/2025 - 12:31 p.m.
• So nothing? * 10EC 8/17/2025 - 12:42 p.m.
• Here ya go Dawgspeare 8/17/2025 - 12:59 p.m.
• Thanks for taking the time to respond in such a devastating manner Native 8/17/2025 - 1:54 p.m.
• Well, some here ARE women.... so, there is that. * 10EC 8/17/2025 - 2:50 p.m.
• You continue to show your true colors. * BelmontGator 8/17/2025 - 8:08 p.m.
• We survived Trump 1 and Biden. We will survive this. Will we be wiser in our new choices in the 10EC 8/17/2025 - 11:41 a.m.
• Nice try equating Biden's presidency to the 45 and 47 disasters, the two worst presidencies in Native 8/17/2025 - 12:21 p.m.
• Biden was awful. The point is we all survived and will survive Trump v2.0. Hope springs eternal. * 10EC 8/17/2025 - 12:29 p.m.
• Most historians and economists find that a laughable statement Native 8/17/2025 - 12:56 p.m.
• reminds me of several posters here during the Biden covid days when they'd come to BBG 8/17/2025 - 9:00 a.m.
• No argument from me. Except, I think it was more to do with individual state policies than the Fed 10EC 8/17/2025 - 9:05 a.m.
• maybe, but still... we did better than any other country - that's kind of the point. Now? What is BBG 8/17/2025 - 11:15 a.m.
• Trump is an idiot with the Tariffs * 10EC 8/17/2025 - 11:24 a.m.
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Do any of the pro-deportation crowd here want to defend this one? New Zealand mother and 6YO son Native 8/16/2025 - 9:56 a.m.
• Cite one United States of America CITIZEN who has been improperly deported…probably Peabody Hall 8/17/2025 - 1:27 p.m.
• Plenty have been detained which is a violation of their rights, plenty of legal, documented Native 8/17/2025 - 1:56 p.m.
• When traveling abroad I assume I am granted no zero nil civil rights by the host country! Peabody Hall 8/17/2025 - 2:55 p.m.
• That is all beside the point, there is no reason for the aggressive tactics being used against Native 8/17/2025 - 3:06 p.m.
• Stupid mistakes which are happening with regularity with this admin is costing us billions in drop BelmontGator 8/16/2025 - 2:45 p.m.
• One nit to pick with that is I don’t believe they’re mistakes. Intentionally doing wrong isn’t a trash 8/17/2025 - 10:13 a.m.
• Case in point: "liberals already ruined the country" Native 8/17/2025 - 10:22 a.m.
• 6.7 million crossings under Biden. * 10EC 8/17/2025 - 10:44 a.m.
• And we had a bipartisan border bill led by a congress critter from Oklahoma that Johnson refused BelmontGator 8/17/2025 - 11:12 a.m.
• At least you agree with the number... * 10EC 8/17/2025 - 11:41 a.m.
• indeed.... they didn't do a deal solely for political reasons. BBG 8/17/2025 - 11:20 a.m.
• Too many allowed to continue crossing in that plan imo. * 10EC 8/17/2025 - 11:51 a.m.
• IYO, what would be "too many"? How were you affected? * BelmontGator 8/17/2025 - 5:23 p.m.
• I would have liked to have closed the border and starting taking account of those who are here 10EC 8/17/2025 - 5:41 p.m.
• U.S. Tourism Will Lose Up To $29 Billion As Visitors Plummet Amid Trump Policies Dawgspeare 8/16/2025 - 4:41 p.m.
• Doom and gloom predictions are folly imho * Peabody Hall 8/17/2025 - 1:28 p.m.
• Is your head actually that deep in the sand? Tourism is already down significantly due to trump. * BelmontGator 8/17/2025 - 5:21 p.m.
• Except we are witnessing it in real time, so not doom and gloom so much as a reality check * Native 8/17/2025 - 2:31 p.m.
• It's sad that so many appear to be completely ignorant of things like unintended consequences * Native 8/16/2025 - 3:10 p.m.
• " If you like your doctor then you can keep your doctor" * 10EC 8/16/2025 - 4:59 p.m.
• The ACA provided healthcare to millions more who would not normally have it. Are u against that? * BelmontGator 8/17/2025 - 11:13 a.m.
• Why change the subject? B/c my point hit home? * 10EC 8/17/2025 - 11:42 a.m.
• I didn't. Stray Gator explained perfectly. Your words about the ACA, not mine. * BelmontGator 8/17/2025 - 5:25 p.m.
• Were people allowed to keep their doctor? 100%? It was a lie. * 10EC 8/17/2025 - 5:42 p.m.
• And it has 0% to do with Trump's deportation policy problems, which was the subject of this thread. * Stray Gator 8/17/2025 - 6:09 p.m.
• You're the one who raised the ACA subject by making the attempted "both sides" comparison. Stray Gator 8/17/2025 - 2:01 p.m.
• Mine was a direct response to the arrogant "completely ignorant of the things like unintended 10EC 8/17/2025 - 2:52 p.m.
• The ACA would have been so much better if not for R interference and attempts to undermine it Native 8/17/2025 - 2:30 p.m.
• Of course they are. My husband is still a year away from Medicare eligibiity and his insurance is Native 8/17/2025 - 11:35 a.m.
• Like when businesses shutter or children fall into depression and drop out when schools shut down? WAR DAMN EAGLE 8/16/2025 - 4:11 p.m.
• RE: Like when businesses shutter or children fall into depression and drop out when schools shut dow CodeMonkey 8/16/2025 - 9:00 p.m.
• I would argue that is an apples and oranges comparison since one was Native 8/16/2025 - 6:46 p.m.
• RE: I would argue that is an apples and oranges comparison since one was WAR DAMN EAGLE 8/16/2025 - 9:12 p.m.
• Yes. The best science in Summer of 2020 was that the kids were being far more harmed Jean Voljean 8/17/2025 - 6:16 p.m.
• My daughter was in public school Pre-K in spring of 2020. WAR DAMN EAGLE 8/17/2025 - 7:14 p.m.
• I disagree vehemently, and we will rue the day we allowed the idiots to hijack everything from Native 8/17/2025 - 12:12 p.m.
• Disagree all you like, doesn't make you correct. Kind of like MAGAs talking about the 2020 election. WAR DAMN EAGLE 8/17/2025 - 12:56 p.m.
• And I would ask what is worse? Declining academic ourcomes which can be addressed or Native 8/17/2025 - 1:58 p.m.
• Did you miss the depression and suicide stuff? WAR DAMN EAGLE 8/17/2025 - 6:53 p.m.
• That’s the thing, it didn’t save many lives. Not enough to warrant the unintended consequences. WDE mobile 8/17/2025 - 4:22 p.m.
• I don't agree that most were at the end of their lives, certainly some who died led unhealthy Native 8/17/2025 - 5:07 p.m.
• Are you serious? I'm talking end of expected lifespan here. WAR DAMN EAGLE 8/17/2025 - 6:05 p.m.
• Are you intentionally ignoring my points? Native 8/17/2025 - 8:30 p.m.
• Shutdowns until vaccines were ready? Sure about that timeline? * 10EC 8/17/2025 - 5:44 p.m.
• Thousands are properly being deported.Mistakesby government are inevitable * Peabody Hall 8/16/2025 - 2:10 p.m.
• Without due process is not proper. * trash 8/16/2025 - 4:53 p.m.
• I cannot agree more. * 10EC 8/16/2025 - 11:13 p.m.
• but Donnie clapped for Vlad like a fanboy and gave him a ride in the beast, so all good. * BBG 8/16/2025 - 4:32 p.m.
• This is completely unnecessary since they are mostly deporting people with legal status and even Native 8/16/2025 - 3:08 p.m.
• Yeah, when you turn mall cops into ICE that is inevitable. * BelmontGator 8/16/2025 - 2:43 p.m.
• RE: Thousands are properly being deported.Mistakesby government are inevitable Thunder 8/16/2025 - 2:29 p.m.
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The Atlantic (free): Well, What Did You Think Would Happen? trash 8/16/2025 - 8:20 a.m.
• BTW, can you imagine if Obama had done something like this Native 8/16/2025 - 9:17 a.m.
• Yeah, but Trump is a wholly owned subsidiary of Putin, so he's kinda their boss * Dawgspeare 8/16/2025 - 2:23 p.m.
• Gavin Newsom's social media manager is giving me life, though Native 8/16/2025 - 9:10 a.m.
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This BBC photo seems to aptly convey the results of today's Summit. Stray Gator 8/15/2025 - 8:03 p.m.
• But how happy was that puppy to see his daddy again, those videos always bring a tear * Dawgspeare 8/17/2025 - 11:36 a.m.
• Oh hey, NPR says impotent documents left on a hotel printer by the genuises running our country Native 8/16/2025 - 10:45 a.m.
• Not exactly the launch codes WAR DAMN EAGLE 8/16/2025 - 1:18 p.m.
• Yeah, the incompetence is the point. Edited to add this Joyce Vance quote in support Native 8/16/2025 - 1:46 p.m.
• Not exactly gibbering Joe wandering southern Italy. * Mississippi Vol 8/16/2025 - 7:11 a.m.
• Not exactly gibbering Joe walking around southern Italy talking to people, not selling out the trash 8/16/2025 - 7:37 a.m.
• At least with Biden, you could wonder around DC or LA without the Gestapo demanding papers or... Thunder 8/16/2025 - 7:26 a.m.
• Those thugs were telling DC residents they aren't allowed to have a beer on their own porch Native 8/16/2025 - 8:56 a.m.
• I would put Joe's cognitve ability over the pedo president's any day * Native 8/16/2025 - 7:16 a.m.
• And notice that Trump's cognitive ability wasn't questioned Thunder 8/16/2025 - 7:27 a.m.
• Someone said he looked like a Roomba on the red carpet Native 8/16/2025 - 7:39 a.m.
• Yeah he's getting closer to Putin's height and getting fatter. Jabba the Hut like. * GoBananas 8/16/2025 - 3:41 p.m.
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Bozo the Clown meets Adolf Hitler. * SpacinGator 8/15/2025 - 3:18 p.m.
• Bozo was very, very excited to meet his master Native 8/15/2025 - 4:26 p.m.
• I just threw up in my mouth… but not a little. Also notice the automatic submissive handshake. * trash 8/15/2025 - 5:33 p.m.
• Oh, that was like the high point. It can always get worse, and does when our criminal, traitorous Native 8/15/2025 - 6:13 p.m.
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JVL on Conservatism. Maybe we’ve been looking at it wrong for decades. trash 8/15/2025 - 1:49 p.m.
• I enjoyed the Bonfire of the Leopard Face Eating segment, especially since I already mentioned Native 8/15/2025 - 3:06 p.m.
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So wait. Donald dated a woman named Midelfart? Hobbes 8/15/2025 - 9:08 a.m.
• Tell the pickem guys ok * CodeMonkey 8/15/2025 - 1:24 p.m.
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Such a weak man UGADawginVA 8/15/2025 - 8:43 a.m.
• hahahah... I have been thinking about this whole "Putin has changed" bullshit coming out of BBG 8/15/2025 - 8:58 a.m.
• Voila, here’s your viola * Golden Gator 8/15/2025 - 5:04 p.m.
• Borowitz Report: Russian lures confused old man to Alaska in elder scam Native 8/15/2025 - 9:44 a.m.
• Piers Morgan accidently posts the best meme regarding the pedophile's meeting with the war criminal Native 8/15/2025 - 6:45 p.m.
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Y'all know I haven't been a fan of Newsom's, but he is finally starting to understand Native 8/15/2025 - 7:33 a.m.
• Joyce Vance sez Newsom's mocking the insane, demented criminal president was life giving Native 8/15/2025 - 8:02 a.m.
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Sandwich justice! UGADawginVA 8/14/2025 - 10:35 p.m.
• I love that he threw it and then ran away like a little b!tch.... * 10EC 8/17/2025 - 12:51 a.m.
• Don't throw sandwiches at me! Native 8/16/2025 - 7:41 a.m.
• Just proving again Warren Zevon's best advice: "Enjoy every sandwich." * Phred 8/15/2025 - 10:07 a.m.
• The Battle For DC Native 8/15/2025 - 7:42 p.m.
• Judge says that's a ridiculous overcharge, releases sandwhich thrower on own recognizance Native 8/15/2025 - 6:59 a.m.
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Now he is taking a stake in Intel Native 8/14/2025 - 9:43 p.m.
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I find this interesting as we discuss Gerrymandering 10EC 8/14/2025 - 9:22 p.m.
• Now do republican states with few representatives Wize Guy 8/14/2025 - 10:05 p.m.
• This thread reminds me of Emily Litella (Gilda Radner) trash 8/15/2025 - 1:52 p.m.
• Too lazy to retype. See below. * 10EC 8/14/2025 - 10:20 p.m.
• RE: Wasn't the point. But, look at MA or NM .. * 10EC 8/14/2025 - 10:21 p.m.
• Ok, here’s NM and MA Wize Guy 8/14/2025 - 11:33 p.m.
• As one who has lived in MA for 12 years, MA is as blue as it gets. All of these magas complaining BelmontGator 8/15/2025 - 11:16 a.m.
• But, it IS full of yankee snobs... * 10EC 8/15/2025 - 11:49 a.m.
• Have you lived in New England to make that assessment? BelmontGator 8/15/2025 - 4:53 p.m.
• Been there plenty. They are the type to bring up their education system when it wasn't a 10EC 8/15/2025 - 5:11 p.m.
• Also the Massachusetts economy is about 40% larger than Tennessee. Tennessee should take note. * BelmontGator 8/16/2025 - 2:50 p.m.
• I see what I did in verifying the numbers and you are right. 10EC 8/15/2025 - 6:07 a.m.
• RE: I see what I did in verifying the numbers and you are right. Wize Guy 8/15/2025 - 11:56 a.m.
• Hmmmm... I kinda thought I did that. (except about the everything part)... :) * 10EC 8/15/2025 - 12:34 p.m.
• That was the important part Wize Guy 8/15/2025 - 6:10 p.m.
• LOL.... I got 33 years in and know what you mean. * 10EC 8/15/2025 - 7:41 p.m.
• And do you have a source for your numbers because a small a sample search shows them way off Wize Guy 8/14/2025 - 10:14 p.m.
• I used wiki to spot and the seemed ok. * 10EC 8/14/2025 - 10:18 p.m.
• Link to the wiki page you used? Wize Guy 8/14/2025 - 11:27 p.m.
• The number of states with one party delegations is at a 70 year high. Jean Voljean 8/14/2025 - 9:47 p.m.
• Now THAT is a both sides problem. * 10EC 8/14/2025 - 10:23 p.m.
• But only one side is willing to end it. * Jean Voljean 8/15/2025 - 7:00 a.m.
• Um, California is threatening to get rid on ind commission b/c of Texas * 10EC 8/15/2025 - 7:36 a.m.
• See Newsom's response above. I give him credit for a well-thought out plan which seems to blunt Native 8/15/2025 - 7:35 a.m.
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BTW, I buy some of my merch from Pukka, they make cool hats BBG 8/14/2025 - 4:14 p.m.
• I just finished this article in the Dispatch DurangoGator 8/14/2025 - 4:50 p.m.
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If he had thrown a glizzy it would have just been a misdemeanor. WAR DAMN EAGLE 8/14/2025 - 3:48 p.m.
• Assault with a deli weapon * IntimiGator 8/15/2025 - 3:43 p.m.
• Some are saying he’s a hero * IntimiGator 8/15/2025 - 8:34 p.m.
• RE: Some are saying he’s a hero Native 8/16/2025 - 9:50 p.m.
• Wonder if it would be a felony to throw a neon green fake Johnson like in the WNBA? * Phred 8/15/2025 - 8:47 a.m.
• I haven't said anything about that, but it's just more proof that many white men in this country Native 8/15/2025 - 8:49 a.m.
• The crazy thing about it is the crypto link. I mean, I cannot grasp the connection. Really weird. * Phred 8/15/2025 - 9:50 a.m.
• I think it has something to do with crypto and the broculture, but could be wrong Native 8/15/2025 - 9:52 a.m.
• just so #badword#ing stupid. Fine, you want to shout at them, whatever, but as soon as you do somet BBG 8/14/2025 - 4:11 p.m.
• Yes, stupid to give these goons any reason to go after you but it's also pretty galling from Native 8/14/2025 - 9:41 p.m.
• so it's now ok for government employees to assault law enforcement? And that they shouldn't FLVOL 8/14/2025 - 4:17 p.m.
• The firing is justified, the felony not so much. * WAR DAMN EAGLE 8/14/2025 - 7:45 p.m.
• Agree. Ironic though that this same DOJ hired a Jan 6 insurrectionist who urged killing the police. Jean Voljean 8/14/2025 - 9:53 p.m.
• Slate: A Hero Threw A Hero: Sometimes the only way to combat fascism is with a $5 footlong Native 8/15/2025 - 10:49 a.m.
• He said the opposite... * 10EC 8/14/2025 - 4:17 p.m.
• Ah, my bad BBG * FLVOL 8/14/2025 - 4:18 p.m.
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The forgotten 9th . . . CodeMonkey 8/14/2025 - 11:02 a.m.
• Justice Scalia...and therefore also Justices Thomas and Alito, found the 9th to be unenforceable Dawgzilla 8/14/2025 - 2:13 p.m.
• RE: Justice Scalia...and therefore also Justices Thomas and Alito, found the 9th to be unenforceable Codemonkey 8/14/2025 - 6:55 p.m.
• RT'S law is inexorable * iPhoneHobbes 8/14/2025 - 7:27 p.m.
• I had forgotten Jefferson wanted protection against monopolies in yhe bill of rights. * Dawgzilla 8/14/2025 - 1:58 p.m.
• Maybe banks too * dudehead 8/14/2025 - 3:26 p.m.
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Totally fair: private and charter school kids get free transportation to school iPhoneHobbes 8/14/2025 - 8:23 a.m.
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From Jen Rubin's publication The Contrarian on the real pupose of the DC takeover Native 8/14/2025 - 7:48 a.m.
• They are setting up checkpoints in the city now. No kidding. * J.M. 8/14/2025 - 11:53 a.m.
• As if tourism wasn't already taking a hit...who wants to travel to DC right now? * Native 8/14/2025 - 12:13 p.m.
• Bootlickers who love mid-Atlantic swamp heat? * J.M. 8/14/2025 - 12:15 p.m.
• RE: From Jen Rubin's publication The Contrarian on the real pupose of the DC takeover JM 8/14/2025 - 11:38 a.m.
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Just remember where we are.... a Trump cabinet member shared a video in which his pastor BBG 8/14/2025 - 7:28 a.m.
• The Christian Nationalist agenda is getting put in place one piece at a time. Just like Project 2025 trash 8/14/2025 - 8:36 a.m.
• His new stats guru, with the light CV and promise to rig data, was a J6 participant Native 8/14/2025 - 7:40 a.m.
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Lisa Kudrow channels her best Caroline Leavitt Native 8/13/2025 - 8:43 p.m.
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Hey kids! Prager U has some childrens programming for you to enjoy...who needs PBS? UGADawginVA 8/13/2025 - 1:45 p.m.
• Well, some good news...a federal judge struck down some of Florida's ridiculous book bans Native 8/13/2025 - 7:20 p.m.
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Jeff Tiedrich: somehow, DC Republicans are always the victims of every crime that never happened trash 8/13/2025 - 11:19 a.m.
• Let me get this straight...Elon's alpha-male budget cutter Big Balls gets beaten up by a teen girl Native 8/13/2025 - 11:26 a.m.
• I mean, it is really starting to feel like it took nearly 150 years, but the Confederacy won Native 8/13/2025 - 10:47 p.m.
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Anne Applebaum on the consequences of gerrymandering Clockwork Orange 8/13/2025 - 8:36 a.m.
• The ruse of “independent commissions “ is total bullshit and is evidenced by Peabody Hall 8/13/2025 - 1:19 p.m.
• 6 Republicans, 5 Democrats, 4 Independents. Rated better than average. Certainly miles fairer than trash 8/13/2025 - 3:10 p.m.
• The letter next to their name is meaningless * Peabody Hall 8/13/2025 - 5:40 p.m.
• Persuasive! What's next, are you going to "strenuously object!"? trash 8/13/2025 - 8:13 p.m.
• RE: Persuasive! What's next, are you going to "strenuously object!"? CoachTony 8/14/2025 - 10:29 p.m.
• Another reminder that should be poasted regularly Native 8/13/2025 - 5:17 p.m.
• ^^^⭐️🌟🌠⭐️💫^^^ good read. iPhoneHobbes 8/13/2025 - 9:25 a.m.
• I'm not really sure what the D party should be doing about this right now Clockwork Orange 8/13/2025 - 10:04 a.m.
• It's past time, the GOP has already done it, the Texas gambit is just the last juice from the lemon Dawgspeare 8/14/2025 - 8:49 a.m.
• I concur. Hence my queasiness. * Hobbes 8/14/2025 - 7:28 a.m.
• RE: I'm not really sure what the D party should be doing about this right now iPhoneHobbes 8/13/2025 - 1:04 p.m.
• You know, the suburban voters can feel your pain too. 10EC 8/13/2025 - 10:31 a.m.
• I'm a suburban voter in AZ but get tied to dumbass rural trumpers in cochise and greenlee counties BelmontGator 8/13/2025 - 6:19 p.m.
• Aside from improving redistricting the answer is growing Congress. Clockwork Orange 8/13/2025 - 10:34 a.m.
• I always wonder why they don't do something at the county level. 10EC 8/13/2025 - 10:36 a.m.
• If you consider that a problem, it's only going to get worse Clockwork Orange 8/13/2025 - 11:12 a.m.
• Look at farmland. Huge areas that are critical to our survival. 10EC 8/13/2025 - 11:41 a.m.
• Land doesn't vote, dude. * WAR DAMN EAGLE 8/13/2025 - 8:51 p.m.
• It's not like small states with little population don't have the same # of Senators as huge-ass Native 8/14/2025 - 7:32 a.m.
• No shite? Really? * 10EC 8/13/2025 - 9:54 p.m.
• Well, based on your previous post it seems like you didn't grasp that concept. * WAR DAMN EAGLE 8/14/2025 - 10:03 a.m.
• I was just spitballiing thoughts. * 10EC 8/14/2025 - 10:33 a.m.
• Fair to who? Cows? Are you really arguing that if you have more land, your vote should count more? Jean Voljean 8/13/2025 - 8:50 p.m.
• Well ax you lee there are folks out there who want to return to the property owners only get the Hobbes 8/14/2025 - 7:25 a.m.
• Not only does land not vote, that is quite the mid-1930s throwback Native 8/13/2025 - 10:21 p.m.
• People say we shouldn't compare Trump to Hitler. I actually agree Thunder 8/14/2025 - 6:19 a.m.
• We have to start calling out Nazi-ass shit when we see and hear it Native 8/14/2025 - 7:35 a.m.
• NOTHING says Nazi like Mudlizard 8/14/2025 - 8:52 a.m.
• For sure, but they didn't get there overnight, and we are well along the path to that Native 8/14/2025 - 9:09 a.m.
• Well this news story says “you’re wrong” iPhoneHobbes 8/14/2025 - 10:35 a.m.
• LOL... that's what you got? Nazi shit. * 10EC 8/13/2025 - 11:23 p.m.
• This is actual text from a Department of Homeland Security release: Jean Voljean 8/14/2025 - 8:47 a.m.
• And that has what to do about the land topic? * 10EC 8/14/2025 - 9:32 a.m.
• Your claim that the rural (and heavily white) American is being victimized Jean Voljean 8/14/2025 - 9:52 a.m.
• I just didn't see the connection. * 10EC 8/14/2025 - 10:33 a.m.
• I recommend states have their votes weighted pending on how much they contribute to the US treasury. * BelmontGator 8/13/2025 - 8:57 p.m.
• a blast from the past CONSIGLIEREG8R 8/13/2025 - 12:41 p.m.
• Before the inevitable both-sides are bad kicks in. In 2021 Democrats wrote a bill to mandate trash 8/13/2025 - 9:21 a.m.
• Thank you for saving me the time * Native 8/13/2025 - 9:45 a.m.
• You know very well that the Democrats were only trying to rig the elections iPhoneHobbes 8/13/2025 - 9:31 a.m.
• it'd be funny if it wasn't true. well, lol anyway, and of course BBG 8/13/2025 - 9:45 a.m.
• Everything Margaret Atwood wrote in The Handmaid's Tale had already happened and is now Native 8/13/2025 - 9:48 a.m.
• I'll not make a claim of equivalence Clockwork Orange 8/13/2025 - 9:30 a.m.
• I fear the shadow docket SCOTUS is no longer a guard rail of our republic. The tipping point was dudehead 8/13/2025 - 11:40 a.m.
• yep.... put that on the long list of "how" what we are seeing now happens * BBG 8/13/2025 - 1:20 p.m.
• Again, Eric Holder has been trying to get independent commission since he left the AG position Native 8/13/2025 - 9:47 a.m.
• We agree Clockwork Orange 8/13/2025 - 10:00 a.m.
• It means, as painful as it may be for some, voting for Democrats up and down the ballot Native 8/13/2025 - 10:20 a.m.
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JVL on the new Ministry of Truth Native 8/13/2025 - 7:35 a.m.
• I was just coming over here to poast link to this guy's dissertation Hobbes 8/13/2025 - 8:01 a.m.
• JVL's point about markets shrugging completely ignores the last couple of bond market auctions Native 8/13/2025 - 9:54 a.m.
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HCR on yesterday's developments: Allison Gill (Mueller, She Wrote) confirmed Maxwell now has the Native 8/13/2025 - 6:57 a.m.
• Also, should be noted that The Smithsonian will no longer be a must-visit museum after Native 8/13/2025 - 7:02 a.m.
• I'm assuming that's including the editing of the part about which Presidents have been impeached? * Thunder 8/13/2025 - 7:39 a.m.
• They go after trans women in sports to supposedly protect women, yet... Thunder 8/13/2025 - 6:59 a.m.
• extreme narcissism is a hell of a drug * BBG 8/13/2025 - 7:44 a.m.
• He's on the Esptein list (should be Trump list) more than there are trans athletes playing in the US * Native 8/13/2025 - 7:03 a.m.
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Genius. WDE mobile 8/12/2025 - 9:41 p.m.
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I like how this guy rolls iPhoneHobbes 8/12/2025 - 5:19 p.m.
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Hey CodeMonkey, please reset Pick Em * Pick Em Guys 8/12/2025 - 4:48 p.m.
• Done * CodeMonkey 8/15/2025 - 1:24 p.m.
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I guess this goes to show...no news is good news.... UGADawginVA 8/12/2025 - 12:23 p.m.
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3rd Year Letterman made me spit up my coffee.. UGADawginVA 8/12/2025 - 10:49 a.m.
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This is my last post for a long time, maybe forever. Jean Voljean 8/12/2025 - 8:35 a.m.
• Laughing * SpacinGator 8/12/2025 - 10:04 p.m.
• Since Trump and the Republicans are obsessed with the past and love statues, let me oblige: Thunder 8/12/2025 - 8:50 a.m.
• Ah yes, Wegner's Ironic Process Theory(aka White Bear Phenomenon). Phred 8/12/2025 - 8:46 a.m.
• RE: Ah yes, Wegner's Ironic Process Theory(aka White Bear Phenomenon). Hobbes 8/12/2025 - 12:51 p.m.
• RE: This is my last post for a long time, maybe forever. 10EC 8/12/2025 - 8:43 a.m.
• Just protest. If we can get at least 25-30% of people to take to the streets Native 8/12/2025 - 8:42 a.m.
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Another R Congressman hammered with profanity and boos in townhall Native 8/12/2025 - 8:02 a.m.
• As an aside, has a townhall ever been about slapping the Representative on the back with a "good 10EC 8/12/2025 - 9:04 a.m.
• Well…once upon a time they were not a free for all activist drama show but were legitimately good Peabody Hall 8/12/2025 - 7:39 p.m.
• WADR, this started with the Tea Party in 2009, not a new phenomenon * Native 8/12/2025 - 8:35 p.m.
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Kim Davis files petition for certiorari on the teh ghey marriage Hobbes 8/12/2025 - 6:40 a.m.
• I bet they take the case... * UGADawginVA 8/12/2025 - 12:46 p.m.
• $20 says they don’t. iPhoneHobbes 8/13/2025 - 1:08 p.m.
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Wish I had said this: "It can always get worse" Hobbes 8/12/2025 - 6:14 a.m.
• Great section on Normalcy bias… which has been on full display here for years trash 8/12/2025 - 7:57 a.m.
• Totally disagree on third party candidates. No, they are not going to win, but they do show 10EC 8/12/2025 - 10:28 a.m.
• Let'em go . . . they live in the fantasy that it's their version of reality or we're all dying. CodeMonkey 8/12/2025 - 12:04 p.m.
• Do you think there are any situations/scenarios/exceptions to where a 3rd party candidate Mudlizard 8/12/2025 - 1:40 p.m.
• No. Next question. * CodeMonkey 8/12/2025 - 2:28 p.m.
• Ok . . . I have thought of one . . . CodeMonkey 8/12/2025 - 2:34 p.m.
• So that scenario would rely solely on your opinion of the two party candidates. Mudlizard 8/12/2025 - 3:33 p.m.
• RE: So that scenario would rely solely on your opinion of the two party candidates. CodeMonkey 8/12/2025 - 4:30 p.m.
• No, but I have seen you criticize others for their opinions (in this thread) Mudlizard 8/13/2025 - 7:59 a.m.
• RE: No, but I have seen you criticize others for their opinions (in this thread) Codemonkey 8/13/2025 - 8:28 a.m.
• Bend over. * Mudlizard 8/13/2025 - 8:30 a.m.
• RE: No, but I have seen you criticize others for their opinions (in this thread) Codemonkey 8/13/2025 - 8:18 a.m.
• nah, you have it wrong... I don't think 50% of the country are evil and stupid or whatever you said BBG 8/13/2025 - 8:40 a.m.
• #1 you should have capitalized the descriptive noun you used, and #2 Mudlizard 8/13/2025 - 8:27 a.m.
• #1 you should have capitalized the descriptive noun you used, and #2 Codemonkey 8/13/2025 - 8:30 a.m.
• How is it insulting? Maybe we see that term differently Mudlizard 8/13/2025 - 8:34 a.m.
• uh Mud. Don’t know if you’ve noticed: iPhoneHobbes 8/13/2025 - 9:37 a.m.
• RE: uh Mud. Don’t know if you’ve noticed: Mudlizard 8/13/2025 - 10:07 a.m.
• RE: How is it insulting? Maybe we see that term differently Codemonkey 8/13/2025 - 8:37 a.m.
• I am at a loss as to how else to explain it or say to you Mudlizard 8/13/2025 - 8:42 a.m.
• This has really been a great thread chemosabe 8/13/2025 - 9:35 a.m.
• "Restricting executive and federal power in general" Thunder 8/16/2025 - 7:55 a.m.
• I appreciate your POV. But Mudlizard 8/13/2025 - 10:06 a.m.
• Do you think Trump is competent? chemosabe 8/13/2025 - 10:21 a.m.
• I think he is competent enough to be dangerous. Mudlizard 8/13/2025 - 10:27 a.m.
• RE: I think he is competent enough to be dangerous. Codemonkey 8/13/2025 - 7:31 p.m.
• You're way more well versed on this than I, but from my perspective the difference here is Mudlizard 8/14/2025 - 8:41 a.m.
• RE: You're way more well versed on this than I, but from my perspective the difference here is Codemonkey 8/14/2025 - 8:58 a.m.
• Really not Trump specific? Thunder 8/16/2025 - 8:14 a.m.
• Point 1) chemosabe 8/16/2025 - 10:41 a.m.
• I don't like the Supreme Court not following the proper appeals process... Thunder 8/16/2025 - 10:59 a.m.
• Point #2 will be a bigger issue with some future POTUS chemosabe 8/14/2025 - 11:02 a.m.
• OK...I think we have reached the end of this one. Mudlizard 8/14/2025 - 9:15 a.m.
• To answer your question, it is because Trump has not expanded power chemosabe 8/13/2025 - 11:02 a.m.
• I accept most of that, but this Mudlizard 8/13/2025 - 11:30 a.m.
• Well, I respect your opinion on that even if I disagree chemosabe 8/13/2025 - 12:11 p.m.
• Why stop there. Dems spent fours years trying to eliminate a second party candidate . * Mississippi Vol 8/12/2025 - 1:50 p.m.
• Is this what Code Monkey meant about no reasonable discussion? * Mudlizard 8/12/2025 - 2:00 p.m.
• Ask him. IMO my comment is reasonable and on point. Dems cannot erase the history of their actions. * Mississippi Vol 8/12/2025 - 2:05 p.m.
• I’ll elaborate: Dems consider themselves as a party of democratic principles. Yet, whenever Mississippi Vol 8/12/2025 - 2:41 p.m.
• Um...who was the one who incited violence to stop the certification of an election? Thunder 8/12/2025 - 6:14 p.m.
• Doesn’t matter what you, me or anyone here thinks, as it’s immaterial to one’s right to vote for the Mississippi Vol 8/12/2025 - 8:21 p.m.
• If only the Republican party practices what you "preach," which they don't. * Thunder 8/12/2025 - 8:25 p.m.
• Isn’t about party, it’s about people: each voter. * Mississippi Vol 8/12/2025 - 9:44 p.m.
• Sometimes, it seems, the outcome of a close election may be more important than a protest vote. * Stray Gator 8/12/2025 - 11:09 a.m.
• Under the current political construct, a 3rd Party vote is effectively a vote for the Republican trash 8/12/2025 - 2:39 p.m.
• I learned my lesson the hard way after 2016 Thunder 8/12/2025 - 6:14 p.m.
• Remember what I told you then? I learned myself in 1980 when I voted for John Anderson and Native 8/12/2025 - 8:36 p.m.
• Um, Carter got destroyed by Reagan. Woud not have mattered who you voted for. * 10EC 8/13/2025 - 9:58 a.m.
• Yep. * Thunder 8/12/2025 - 8:37 p.m.
• I've been arguing the same here for more than a decade * Native 8/12/2025 - 2:56 p.m.
• The democratic process is inconvenient to parties, as it forces parties to justify Mississippi Vol 8/12/2025 - 2:54 p.m.
• IMO a close election is the best time for folks to make themselves known with a 3rd party vote. Mississippi Vol 8/12/2025 - 11:19 a.m.
• IMO, it depends on the conditions and what's at stake. But we're entitled to differing priorities. * Stray Gator 8/12/2025 - 11:41 a.m.
• How benevolent . . . you seem to be in the minority. * CodeMonkey 8/12/2025 - 12:05 p.m.
• I recall when mutual respect among those of us with differing beliefs was simply regarded as normal. Stray Gator 8/12/2025 - 12:28 p.m.
• No, thank you. * CodeMonkey 8/12/2025 - 2:28 p.m.
• RE: I recall when mutual respect among those of us with differing beliefs was simply regarded as nor Mudlizard 8/12/2025 - 1:37 p.m.
• RE: I recall when mutual respect among those of us with differing beliefs was simply regarded as no Stray Gator 8/12/2025 - 1:42 p.m.
• I'm sorry, but horse shite on that concept here. I have been mocked (Mud below), 10EC 8/12/2025 - 2:21 p.m.
• The fact that "this place is what it is" doesn't mean we can't make it better. But it takes Stray Gator 8/12/2025 - 4:06 p.m.
• Has anyone ever seen you and Clocky in the same room together at same time? * 10EC 8/12/2025 - 5:24 p.m.
• Yeah, I remember Perot's impact on Bush 1 * 10EC 8/12/2025 - 11:12 a.m.
• RE: Wish I had said this: Hobbes 8/12/2025 - 6:15 a.m.
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What are the latest employment statistics? Jean Voljean 8/11/2025 - 10:38 p.m.
• HCR has more: we are now a capitalistic state government Native 8/12/2025 - 7:31 a.m.
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Great read in The Atlantic re: Gaza. It's important because the US is in the same danger Native 8/11/2025 - 9:19 p.m.
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So, Russia handed Whitkoff a medal for the son of a CIA agent who's 21YO son died fighting Native 8/11/2025 - 8:28 p.m.
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Trump and His Family Will Make a Shocking $3.4 Billion Off White House: Analysis UGADawginVA 8/11/2025 - 7:21 p.m.
• was always part of the plan, and he's gonna want to keep making money off being POTUS for BBG 8/12/2025 - 7:43 a.m.
• Don't ignore dodging his real threat of prison * Native 8/12/2025 - 8:16 a.m.
• honestly, I don't think he is worried about that anymore - he has no reason to be IMO BBG 8/12/2025 - 8:17 a.m.
• If he hadn't been re-elected, he was facing serious consequences Native 8/12/2025 - 8:22 a.m.
• yeah, but that's all over now bc he did get reelected. There is no way in hell he is ever going to BBG 8/12/2025 - 8:28 a.m.
• Right. But, he had to get back into office by hook or by crook or he would have Native 8/12/2025 - 8:44 a.m.
• Uh oh. Looks like it’s time to bring up Obama’s tan suit. Or maybe a history lesson. * Jean Voljean 8/11/2025 - 7:49 p.m.
• Not to worry, he’s gonna spend it cleaning up DC for us. * trash 8/12/2025 - 6:57 a.m.
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This is an actual brief submitted in court by Trump's DOJ.... UGADawginVA 8/11/2025 - 7:12 p.m.
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This could be militarily very significant: Boggy Creek Gator 8/11/2025 - 7:05 p.m.
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How is what the president did to Nvidia and AMD today not the socialism they always accuse Dems Native 8/11/2025 - 5:04 p.m.
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Here are some fun facts from Uncle Jeff: iPhoneHobbes 8/11/2025 - 12:37 p.m.
• Telling homeless people to move is going to be about as effective as telling Medicaid recipients Native 8/11/2025 - 9:28 p.m.
• Bus ticket to Key West.... cities do this to each other all the time. * 10EC 8/12/2025 - 11:18 a.m.
• Criminal probation sentences in Georgia often included banishment from the county of jurisdiction. InvestiGator 8/12/2025 - 12:16 p.m.
• What you are describing is fine for criminal rapists, but I object to criminalizing homelessness Native 8/13/2025 - 10:48 a.m.
• people here should listen to Trump's speech about this from earlier today BBG 8/11/2025 - 1:03 p.m.
• Most important thing is that it triggers the libs Hobbes 8/12/2025 - 6:08 a.m.
• meh * BBG 8/12/2025 - 7:45 a.m.
• Absolutely, he plans on declaring martial law to stop the midterms and beyond Native 8/11/2025 - 5:30 p.m.
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The irony of Trump deploying federal LEO in DC now when he sat on his fat ass and watched BBG 8/11/2025 - 8:39 a.m.
• Oh DC definintely has a crime problem Native 8/11/2025 - 7:59 p.m.
• Now THAT is some prime stupidity. * 10EC 8/11/2025 - 3:23 p.m.
• what is? * BBG 8/11/2025 - 3:54 p.m.
• Deploying Federal LEO in DC... * 10EC 8/11/2025 - 4:43 p.m.
• Ya, why would an authoritarian want to hype a phony security problem in order to justify Jean Voljean 8/11/2025 - 7:33 p.m.
• This the updated version of "caravans of criminals invading us from the southern border" * Mudlizard 8/12/2025 - 11:56 a.m.
• I think a fair percentage of them are ok with it bc it is their guy. * BBG 8/12/2025 - 8:21 a.m.
• Very Russia-like. * BelmontGator 8/11/2025 - 9:39 p.m.
• Or that the tyrannical government they feared is the one they mehed or voted into office. * Thunder 8/11/2025 - 9:12 p.m.
• I think so too. I also think it is unnecessary, performative, diversionary and maybe worst of all BBG 8/11/2025 - 5:06 p.m.
• Trump says that LEOs can "do whatever the hell they want," and that "this will go further" than DC. Stray Gator 8/11/2025 - 7:04 p.m.
• This was in Pittsburg, but ICE appears to be a bunch of lawless thugs Native 8/11/2025 - 9:30 p.m.
• He has the legal standing in DC.. Nowhere else supposedly per NPR. * 10EC 8/11/2025 - 7:12 p.m.
• I believe that depends on exactly how he intends to "get rid of" the homeless and slums. * Stray Gator 8/11/2025 - 7:22 p.m.
• It's not that hard to figure out how they plan on replacing deported labor Native 8/11/2025 - 7:36 p.m.
• crime is falling in DC as it is elsewhere. iPhoneHobbes 8/11/2025 - 10:14 a.m.
• Because he wanted his coup to succeed on January 6, 2021 Thunder 8/11/2025 - 8:56 a.m.
• Wrong: Hobbes 8/12/2025 - 6:10 a.m.
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Yesterday was National Rice Pudding Day Hobbes 8/10/2025 - 1:36 p.m.
• This never would have happened when President Grant was in office. Booty Faulked 8/10/2025 - 10:53 p.m.
• its obviously racist. And bigoted. That's the talking point, right? * Pigtorias Secret 8/10/2025 - 6:27 p.m.
• RE: its obviously racist. And bigoted. That's the talking point, right? iPhoneHobbes 8/10/2025 - 7:59 p.m.
• RE: its obviously racist. And bigoted. That's the talking point, right? WAR DAMN EAGLE 8/11/2025 - 11:32 a.m.
• Somewhere Biden was smiling... * 10EC 8/10/2025 - 3:07 p.m.
• Phil Fulmer says, “Meh. Let me know when it is Nanner Pudding Day.” * Jean Voljean 8/10/2025 - 5:52 p.m.
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Flea’d survey from Bill Kristol. Which cabinet head will do the most damage to our country? Jean Voljean 8/10/2025 - 12:27 p.m.
• RE: Flea’d survey from Bill Kristol. Which cabinet head will do the most damage to our country? Thunder 8/12/2025 - 7:11 a.m.
• It's gotta be A. But Biondi is in contention. * Mudlizard 8/11/2025 - 9:18 a.m.
• I think a solid case can be made for every one of them. Which in itself speaks volumes. * trash 8/11/2025 - 8:48 a.m.
• There's not a single qualified person in his administration. Not a single one * Native 8/11/2025 - 5:37 p.m.
• Compare and contrast some of his cabinet selections from his first administration Thunder 8/11/2025 - 8:58 a.m.
• it'll be a while before the Dems get back into power, so one of those. * Pigtorias Secret 8/10/2025 - 6:27 p.m.
• A, far and away. * BelmontGator 8/10/2025 - 6:02 p.m.
• Bondi thinking she's Trump's lawyer * BBG 8/10/2025 - 2:00 p.m.
• Mine is B for Bondi. The Republicans have been FOS with their weaponization of the DOJ claims (see Jean Voljean 8/10/2025 - 1:35 p.m.
• A iPhoneHobbes 8/10/2025 - 12:52 p.m.
• To our people? A. To our country? D. Stray Gator 8/10/2025 - 12:52 p.m.
• A... and it isn't even close... * 10EC 8/10/2025 - 12:29 p.m.
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Oklahoma heiress outrages Nantucket …. Mississippi Vol 8/10/2025 - 10:59 a.m.
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How many here have cut back on dining out? BBG 8/10/2025 - 8:40 a.m.
• I can definitely see people drinking more wine right now. We still eat out on the weekend Native 8/11/2025 - 4:39 p.m.
• I went to Miami Beach for Florida Supercon Thunder 8/11/2025 - 9:15 a.m.
• No, but can tell the crowds at restaurants have gotten smaller in Tucson except in Oro Valley. * BelmontGator 8/10/2025 - 6:05 p.m.
• We have Hobbes 8/10/2025 - 1:17 p.m.
• We're dining out less, for several reasons. Stray Gator 8/10/2025 - 11:51 a.m.
• The default tipping for takeout drives me nuts. InvestiGator 8/10/2025 - 1:45 p.m.
• Worse than the take-out tip (at least they do some work) is the requested tip for Mudlizard 8/11/2025 - 9:37 a.m.
• My butcher has a place to leave a tip. WTF? * aubie in bham 8/11/2025 - 2:43 p.m.
• So did my moyle. * Mudlizard 8/12/2025 - 8:35 a.m.
• now that's ridiculous! Speaking of, I know (or I think I remember) that you are a beef guy... BBG 8/11/2025 - 4:07 p.m.
• The guy at Heights Meat Market said that was a closest available to a boneless short rib Native 8/11/2025 - 8:20 p.m.
• The Birmingham Restaurant Depot doesn’t require a membership... aubie in bham 8/11/2025 - 4:12 p.m.
• that's super cool about restaurant depot. My son requested "Dad's Steakhouse" for dinner BBG 8/11/2025 - 5:09 p.m.
• Indeed. I'm always tempted to ask: Shouldn't any tip for self-service go to the customer? * Stray Gator 8/11/2025 - 9:58 a.m.
• Can't agree enough on the travel dining. Food is the best form of cultural expression imo. * 10EC 8/10/2025 - 12:00 p.m.
• RE: Can't agree enough on the travel dining. Food is the best form of cultural expression imo. Hobbes 8/10/2025 - 1:36 p.m.
• I should…starting now. Just went to a Rainforest Cafe for a kid bday. (jk…it was good) * SpacinGator 8/10/2025 - 11:49 a.m.
• We have cut back and are trying to cut back more Clockwork Orange 8/10/2025 - 11:35 a.m.
• Yes. WAR DAMN EAGLE 8/10/2025 - 12:40 p.m.
• Whoa whoa whoa: Hobbes 8/10/2025 - 1:00 p.m.
• Can I offer a little marital advice? unsolicited of course. 10EC 8/10/2025 - 12:07 p.m.
• Ha - same... Dawgspeare 8/11/2025 - 10:08 a.m.
• Greek salad is one of my favorite meals. We have a good small chain here called Acropolis Native 8/11/2025 - 4:41 p.m.
• I struggle with this. Clockwork Orange 8/10/2025 - 3:48 p.m.
• I get it. My point was for when you stop going at all. * 10EC 8/10/2025 - 4:08 p.m.
• Also the extra calories. * Jean Voljean 8/10/2025 - 12:00 p.m.
• RE: Also the extra calories. Clockwork Orange 8/10/2025 - 3:53 p.m.
• yep. BBG 8/10/2025 - 11:55 a.m.
• Coffee is another cutback for me WAR DAMN EAGLE 8/10/2025 - 12:52 p.m.
• Haven’t cut back either but we didn’t really eat out a lot anyway DFSGator 8/10/2025 - 11:12 a.m.
• We haven’t cut back but IntimiGator 8/10/2025 - 8:52 a.m.
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GOP Congressman on Trump Tariffs: ‘Steel Prices Are Up’ but It’s ‘For the Good of the Country’ UGADawginVA 8/9/2025 - 5:35 p.m.
• RE: GOP Congressman on Trump Tariffs: ‘Steel Prices Are Up’ but It’s ‘For the Good of the Country’ iPhoneHobbes 8/9/2025 - 6:17 p.m.
• Keynes? You are showing your age. * dudehead 8/10/2025 - 12:06 a.m.
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So, Trump talked tough on Putin in July, then imposed a deadline for peace in Ukraine BBG 8/9/2025 - 4:48 p.m.
• No,I don’t think so…pay more attention to: Boggy Creek Gator 8/10/2025 - 7:33 a.m.
• ok, I don't disagree with much of your analysis, including Trump not really having any leverage BBG 8/10/2025 - 8:15 a.m.
• For one Trump is just shucking and jiving hoping the thing will work out and as long as he keeps…. Boggy Creek Gator 8/10/2025 - 8:49 a.m.
• But you’re a 100 pct correct on Gaza: Boggy Creek Gator 8/10/2025 - 7:59 a.m.
• You do. * Jean Voljean 8/9/2025 - 7:04 p.m.
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Trump is a Degrowther. Free from The Atlantic. trash 8/9/2025 - 3:20 p.m.
• Now you're gonna get the Director of Dictionaries fired * Dawgspeare 8/9/2025 - 3:24 p.m.
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I saw below where some people don’t see Trump as worse than they expected. It really begs the trash 8/9/2025 - 12:23 p.m.
• If it triggers the regulars here, I'm good with it. * Pigtorias Secret 8/10/2025 - 6:31 p.m.
• So you have no problem with people's rights being violated? Thunder 8/12/2025 - 6:35 a.m.
• He's just here to troll * Native 8/12/2025 - 7:46 a.m.
• **screech* * Pigtorias Secret 8/12/2025 - 1:28 p.m.
• is exactly something a troll would post! * Native 8/13/2025 - 2:37 p.m.
• Mike was always the Arkansas fan I liked the most...because he was actually funny and not a troll. * Thunder 8/14/2025 - 6:22 a.m.
• Im not okay with what is being done. I dont believe the sky is falling... Dawgzilla 8/10/2025 - 12:32 a.m.
• It's really sad when the people being deported seem to love our country more than Native 8/11/2025 - 9:12 p.m.
• The real damage is undermining the DOJ, FBI, EPA, attacking news agencies, and colleges. Economic.. GoBananas 8/10/2025 - 8:42 p.m.
• I think you're a lawyer, right? I remember vividly the heads exploding en masse when Clinton/Lynch BBG 8/10/2025 - 11:51 a.m.
• this is a pretty quick read - BBG 8/10/2025 - 9:21 a.m.
• RE: Im not okay with what is being done. I dont believe the sky is falling... InvestiGator 8/10/2025 - 3:41 a.m.
• Not really. Donald 2.0 is just what he said he was going to do and he would not have iPhoneHobbes 8/9/2025 - 3:33 p.m.
• Democrats are showing some signs of life but only have limited options against the kind of power Native 8/11/2025 - 7:38 p.m.
• there's not an intelligent example at the forefront of the party right now Pigtorias Secret 8/12/2025 - 1:30 p.m.
• They are the fighters in the party, but there's no point in discussing this with someone who Native 8/13/2025 - 2:40 p.m.
• Concur with all. * Mudlizard 8/10/2025 - 2:43 p.m.
• Curious... was Obama's enormous new detention center in Texas a Gulag? 10EC 8/9/2025 - 1:04 p.m.
• That’s it. Compare the worst anyone else has done with the norm for Trump. That way you can tell Jean Voljean 8/9/2025 - 6:01 p.m.
• RE: That’s it. Compare the worst anyone else has done with the norm for Trump. That way you can te iPhoneHobbes 8/9/2025 - 7:51 p.m.
• it wasn’t good at all. Donald’s is worse. * iPhoneHobbes 8/9/2025 - 3:18 p.m.
• Thank you... * 10EC 8/9/2025 - 3:37 p.m.
• No * trash 8/9/2025 - 2:51 p.m.
• If those there were allowed to talk to the outside world or to participate in legal proceedings Dawgspeare 8/9/2025 - 1:10 p.m.
• It sure has all the characterisitics of a concentration camp Native 8/11/2025 - 7:45 p.m.
• Maybe they both served a purpose? Or maybe both POTUS's were evil... * 10EC 8/9/2025 - 1:27 p.m.
• No, one is a detention facility, the other is a black hole to disappear people into * Dawgspeare 8/9/2025 - 1:30 p.m.
• Gotcha... Ds good Rs bad. * 10EC 8/9/2025 - 1:35 p.m.
• Do you think the repeated inability or refusal to see detail or nuance is a good look? Mudlizard 8/9/2025 - 4:06 p.m.
• Please show me where I said it was equal.... I just asked if it was considered a Gulag 10EC 8/9/2025 - 8:23 p.m.
• 1) no one here has said Obama didn't go too far with that place, 2) you should read up on the Mudlizard 8/9/2025 - 9:22 p.m.
• I have looked at it. What cha seeing? * 10EC 8/9/2025 - 11:17 p.m.
• I have looked at it. What cha seeing? Mudlizard 8/10/2025 - 7:27 a.m.
• So your primary point of contention is that it is located where detainees could be harmed if 10EC 8/10/2025 - 9:26 a.m.
• No. Mudlizard 8/10/2025 - 10:55 a.m.
• Still looking for non-partisan video of the deplorable conditions. 10EC 8/10/2025 - 11:01 a.m.
• For someone who claims to not support Trump, you sure make excuses for him. * Thunder 8/11/2025 - 9:35 a.m.
• Asking for proof is an excuse for Trump? We disagree. * 10EC 8/11/2025 - 10:21 a.m.
• Have you ever been to the Everglades? In the summer no less? Mudlizard 8/10/2025 - 11:25 a.m.
• In earlier times, you’d probably not have been an explorer, nor settler. * Mississippi Vol 8/10/2025 - 12:13 p.m.
• Did you miss the “Everglades” part? That was not a popular place for settlers. * Jean Voljean 8/10/2025 - 2:19 p.m.
• Heat, humidity, mosquitoes and no AC. I lived that and have never thought myself treated poorly. Mississippi Vol 8/10/2025 - 4:11 p.m.
• Silly comment. The Florida Everglades are not "inhabited freely * Mudlizard 8/11/2025 - 8:48 a.m.
• They are indoors and in AC. * 10EC 8/10/2025 - 11:53 a.m.
• In tents, during rainy season with swarming mosquitoes everywhere. Mudlizard 8/10/2025 - 12:16 p.m.
• They are inside in AC. Not in the rain. Mosquitos? I have not heard they don't spray 10EC 8/10/2025 - 12:22 p.m.
• If you claim to be Christian, then you should have some empathy Thunder 8/11/2025 - 9:54 a.m.
• I see you disagree with separation of Church and State. * 10EC 8/11/2025 - 10:23 a.m.
• Asking for Christians to have empathy is disagreeing with separation of church and state? Thunder 8/11/2025 - 10:24 a.m.
• Not a Trump worshiper if you read through the thread * 10EC 8/11/2025 - 12:54 p.m.
• And yet you make excuses for him all the time. * Thunder 8/11/2025 - 12:58 p.m.
• That's a lie. * 10EC 8/11/2025 - 1:24 p.m.
• I wouldn't say you make excuses for him. Mudlizard 8/11/2025 - 1:43 p.m.
• Poor is in the eye of the beholder. * 10EC 8/11/2025 - 2:00 p.m.
• RE: They are inside in AC. Not in the rain. Mosquitos? I have not heard they don't spray Mudlizard 8/10/2025 - 1:07 p.m.
• Features, not bugs Hobbes 8/10/2025 - 1:21 p.m.
• Compare the conditions in the Dilley Detention Center in Texas to those at "Alligator Alcatraz." Stray Gator 8/10/2025 - 10:30 a.m.
• Again... and again... I have not "Compared" them. Just stop with that. 10EC 8/10/2025 - 10:43 a.m.
• The video you linked was taken *before* construction of the migrant housing facilities. Stray Gator 8/10/2025 - 11:27 a.m.
• Those "tents" are framed covers and I see nothing bad in the picture with Trump. 10EC 8/10/2025 - 11:57 a.m.
• Let's just call it Fantasyland South! All those reports of inhumane conditions . . . Stray Gator 8/10/2025 - 12:06 p.m.
• Yes, b/c "reports" are ALWAYS accurate. * 10EC 8/10/2025 - 12:09 p.m.
• IMO, if only *some* of the many reports are only *partially* accurate, we should all be ashamed. * Stray Gator 8/10/2025 - 12:12 p.m.
• We should be ashamed we have not protected our borders all this time. Both sides btw... * 10EC 8/10/2025 - 12:23 p.m.
• Based on this discussion, you apparently believe that only one side is being untruthful. So be it. * Stray Gator 8/10/2025 - 12:37 p.m.
• Truth is ALWAYS somewhere in the middle. * 10EC 8/10/2025 - 2:07 p.m.
• Often, but not always, at least in my experience. Usually much closer to one end than the other. * Stray Gator 8/10/2025 - 2:45 p.m.
• So, they were both bad... equal? No one is saying that. My whole point. * 10EC 8/9/2025 - 11:19 p.m.
• You are the one being simplistic. Since you do it on almost every thread one can only trash 8/9/2025 - 2:56 p.m.
• So are not going to reply? Oh my... what will I ever do. * 10EC 8/9/2025 - 3:29 p.m.
• If you deny the fundamental difference between those two this country really is effed * Dawgspeare 8/9/2025 - 1:51 p.m.
• Oh, I see the difference... * 10EC 8/9/2025 - 3:30 p.m.
• All evidence points to the contrary * Dawgspeare 8/9/2025 - 3:40 p.m.
• It's plain for those to see. * 10EC 8/9/2025 - 3:43 p.m.
• you seem to have answered your own question, which was your agenda all along. BBG 8/9/2025 - 3:49 p.m.
• I asked if Obama's was a Gulag... of course the crowd here is going to fly cover. * 10EC 8/9/2025 - 8:16 p.m.
• It seems to be as deep as he can go. At first I thought it was just a game. Mudlizard 8/9/2025 - 4:08 p.m.
• See below. I'm calling both bad. * 10EC 8/9/2025 - 8:15 p.m.
• When "both sides" is your best defense, there's no room for nuance. * Stray Gator 8/9/2025 - 4:39 p.m.
• I'm on the sideline calling fouls on both teams. It is why I said "Thanks" 10EC 8/9/2025 - 8:15 p.m.
• Behold the fallacy of false equivalence. Stray Gator 8/9/2025 - 2:26 p.m.
• Those responses show u why we are #badword#ed BBG 8/9/2025 - 2:07 p.m.
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The great crime paradox Hobbes 8/9/2025 - 10:28 a.m.
• Some historians have argued that revolutions occur when…. Boggy Creek Gator 8/9/2025 - 6:34 p.m.
• In related news, i just gave my UF-bound son a lecture to lock everything down all the time All Hail Florida 8/9/2025 - 11:00 a.m.
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“Medium Income” is now a thing. * iPhoneHobbes 8/8/2025 - 1:17 p.m.
• I was yesterday years old when I heard of the “Parthian shot.” trash 8/9/2025 - 12:27 p.m.
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Curious your thoughts on tariff rebate checks that has been mentioned... 10EC 8/8/2025 - 12:20 p.m.
• I keep checking the mail for my DOGE check. BBG 8/10/2025 - 7:23 a.m.
• Just goes to show how much BS all the talk about the deficit really is. WAR DAMN EAGLE 8/9/2025 - 12:03 p.m.
• They would be bullshit.. * aubie in bham 8/8/2025 - 4:19 p.m.
• I'm curious what the economy would be doing if he had not started this whole tariff crap to begin wi * UGADawginVA 8/8/2025 - 1:53 p.m.
• He has turned the envy of the world into the enemy of the world. * trash 8/9/2025 - 9:09 a.m.
• We would have had rate cuts this spring/summer. * lurch 8/8/2025 - 4:50 p.m.
• Good question * 10EC 8/8/2025 - 2:54 p.m.
• Pretty weak that Trump didn't have a specific strategy for what to do with tariff $ lurch 8/8/2025 - 1:07 p.m.
• Hopefully the $80 "Tariff" line item on my daughter's wedding dress bill is put to good use ncg8or 8/8/2025 - 5:18 p.m.
• Agreed. I don't think he expected how much has been brought in. * 10EC 8/8/2025 - 1:20 p.m.
• "Brought in" from where? It's the American importers who are paying the tariffs. And guess what? Stray Gator 8/8/2025 - 3:07 p.m.
• If the foreign manufacturer lowers their price in response to the tariff... Dawgzilla 8/9/2025 - 11:11 a.m.
• Foreign producers lowering their prices to cover the tariffs? In theory, perhaps. But . . . Stray Gator 8/9/2025 - 1:01 p.m.
• You said a lot, but the simple fact is its already happening in some industries. Dawgzilla 8/10/2025 - 12:19 a.m.
• And what about the weakened dollar thereby lowering our buying power?... GoBananas 8/9/2025 - 9:02 a.m.
• I question that math. Jean Voljean 8/9/2025 - 9:22 a.m.
• I agree the log jam in hiring and "cap ex " is stifling growth. Business needs certainty. GoBananas 8/9/2025 - 10:26 a.m.
• Since Jan 20, the dollar has declined against the GB Pound by 10% and against the Euro by 13%. Stray Gator 8/9/2025 - 9:43 a.m.
• RE: "Brought in" from where? It's the American importers who are paying the tariffs. And guess wha iPhoneHobbes 8/8/2025 - 6:28 p.m.
• Ugh, can you say create inflation on top of dumb tariff policy. * CodeMonkey 8/8/2025 - 12:38 p.m.
• Well, that is an interesting point that I believe I agree with. 10EC 8/8/2025 - 12:46 p.m.
• More stimulus checks? Awesome. Dawgzilla 8/8/2025 - 12:27 p.m.
• Were it to happen, I’d consider it recompense for the confiscation of my Mississippi Vol 8/9/2025 - 10:54 a.m.
• Wait, what? I was told if you liked it you could keep it. * 10EC 8/9/2025 - 1:06 p.m.
• Suffice it to say, ACA created new pricing signals for existing policies, such that Mississippi Vol 8/9/2025 - 3:25 p.m.
• I have a huge problem with unauthorized taxation of some Americans * aubie in bham 8/8/2025 - 4:21 p.m.
• Sam Adams is that you? * Codemonkey 8/9/2025 - 8:49 a.m.
• And, along with that, a huge problem with a president doing this outside of Congress * lurch 8/8/2025 - 4:48 p.m.
• So I just make a welfare contribution to Trump admin for them to give to others? aubie in bham 8/8/2025 - 10:35 p.m.
• RE: So I just make a welfare contribution to Trump admin for them to give to others? iPhoneHobbes 8/9/2025 - 9:57 a.m.
• Yed * 10EC 8/8/2025 - 5:19 p.m.
• It does seem odd.... * 10EC 8/8/2025 - 12:32 p.m.
• The whole of government is bending its will to subvert the price system . . . CodeMonkey 8/8/2025 - 12:45 p.m.
• The whole of government is bending its will to subvert the price system . . . WAR DAMN EAGLE 8/8/2025 - 3:49 p.m.
• Georgia has twice given rebate checks of $500 b/c they had more collections than budgeted 10EC 8/8/2025 - 12:48 p.m.
• We aren’t even close to running a surplus. * Jean Voljean 8/9/2025 - 9:28 a.m.
• Agreed... but people can be stupid. * 10EC 8/9/2025 - 12:30 p.m.
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Fox News Has Gone Quiet on the Economy. That’s Very Bad News For Your Wallet. UGADawginVA 8/8/2025 - 12:07 p.m.
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The Maralagoization of the WH continues apace Native 8/8/2025 - 7:23 a.m.
• The ballroom rendering is BS, it's going to be attached to the east wing * WAR DAMN EAGLE 8/8/2025 - 5:30 p.m.
• Oh. Well, that certainly negates the point of the video! * Native 8/12/2025 - 7:47 a.m.
• all that tacky gold leaf shit? Hobbes 8/8/2025 - 8:43 a.m.
• The yellow penis umbrellas on former WH rose garden are super cringy * Native 8/8/2025 - 9:01 a.m.
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Where did all the Tulsi fans go? She's another political hack just like we said years ago Native 8/7/2025 - 7:10 p.m.
• We classify way to much stuff and the government burorats frequently lie about what needs CodeMonkey 8/8/2025 - 11:18 a.m.
• You don't think it's a problem that she is calling for Obama to be arrested? Ohhhkayyy! * Native 8/8/2025 - 11:21 a.m.
• I did a text search of your linked article and "Obama" doesn't appear in it. CodeMonkey 8/8/2025 - 11:25 a.m.
• I posted a follow-up with Congressman Jim Himes talking about it * Native 8/8/2025 - 11:36 a.m.
• And I didn't post down there. * CodeMonkey 8/8/2025 - 11:38 a.m.
• So what, it's in the thread and it's part of her behavior, and IMO fair game Native 8/8/2025 - 11:38 a.m.
• I believe UFNY was runoft for this type of posting, along with others. CodeMonkey 8/8/2025 - 11:24 a.m.
• You may know better but it seems UFNY was run off because he instigated and continued trash 8/8/2025 - 5:55 p.m.
• I have no idea what you are talking about, but clearly you are just here to take issue with me * Native 8/8/2025 - 11:37 a.m.
• And like clockwork (sorry Clocky) the persecution card falls when disagreement with you arrives CodeMonkey 8/8/2025 - 11:42 a.m.
• Okay, Wayne! Native 8/8/2025 - 11:54 a.m.
• Don't forget deflection... That's part of the pattern * 10EC 8/8/2025 - 11:56 a.m.
• where'd all the meh'ers go? Shit all coming home to roost and nary a BBG 8/7/2025 - 11:44 p.m.
• I just want to know if they really believe the BS she is spewing about Obama Native 8/8/2025 - 7:05 a.m.
• of course not... THIS is why the MAGA-R party is so dangerous and why they will likely succeed BBG 8/8/2025 - 8:40 a.m.
• Oh, we are already there. Florida is not in a good place. Unlike Texas, there's nothing Florida Ds Native 8/8/2025 - 8:58 a.m.
• Oh this USSC has already said, gerrymandering is AOK as long as you don’t write down that it’s trash 8/8/2025 - 9:46 a.m.
• Is that why Illinois is so screwed up blue? * 10EC 8/8/2025 - 11:06 a.m.
• Illinois doesn't even crack the Top 10 most gerrymandered states - Wisconsin is the runaway winner Dawgspeare 8/9/2025 - 1:27 p.m.
• I saw this from Wiley Nickel this morning Native 8/11/2025 - 6:54 p.m.
• With Texas trying to sue to have their Democrats returned, they're relying on the Full Faith &... Thunder 8/12/2025 - 7:24 a.m.
• Another example.. Ds good. Rs bad... * 10EC 8/9/2025 - 1:36 p.m.
• Well in this case it's the literal truth - don't ask questions you don't want the answer to Dawgspeare 8/9/2025 - 2:53 p.m.
• Illinois not being Gerry mandered is NOT the truth. * 10EC 8/9/2025 - 3:33 p.m.
• I didn't say it wasn't * Dawgspeare 8/9/2025 - 3:38 p.m.
• You minimized it. * 10EC 8/9/2025 - 3:41 p.m.
• The GOP minimized it by rendering it a moderate example * Dawgspeare 8/9/2025 - 3:44 p.m.
• Well, at least you agree it is... * 10EC 8/9/2025 - 8:40 p.m.
• It’s OK, he has no apparent intention (based on recent posting history) of paying any attention to trash 8/9/2025 - 3:21 p.m.
• Great link here on who controls the districting of the current House... Dawgspeare 8/9/2025 - 3:38 p.m.
• Lies are not answers * 10EC 8/9/2025 - 3:34 p.m.
• Try telling that to Trump. * Thunder 8/11/2025 - 9:37 a.m.
• Or any politician * 10EC 8/11/2025 - 12:54 p.m.
• For someone who's not a Trump worshipper, you continue making excuses for him. * Thunder 8/11/2025 - 12:58 p.m.
• That's a lie. What you see is me showing Ds samsies... You don't see me making 10EC 8/11/2025 - 1:25 p.m.
• As I texted back to my increasingly dispairing daughter, math is still math and if they get too Native 8/8/2025 - 9:48 a.m.
• RE: of course not... THIS is why the MAGA-R party is so dangerous and why they will likely succeed Hobbes 8/8/2025 - 8:44 a.m.
• RE: of course not... THIS is why the MAGA-R party is so dangerous and why they will likely succeed BBG 8/8/2025 - 9:19 a.m.
• RE: of course not... THIS is why the MAGA-R party is so dangerous and why they will likely succeed Hobbes 8/8/2025 - 9:24 a.m.
• yeah, that's a good one. Also love BBG 8/8/2025 - 9:26 a.m.
• Kamala Harris prosecuted pedophiles but instead America voted for one * Native 8/8/2025 - 9:42 a.m.
• You've done runt 'em all off I suppose... * 10EC 8/8/2025 - 4:43 a.m.
• Nobody ran anybody off. * BBG 8/8/2025 - 7:09 a.m.
• There are two types of Meh voters. Jean Voljean 8/8/2025 - 9:42 a.m.
• You missed a whole group.... 10EC 8/8/2025 - 11:05 a.m.
• I certainly understand the sentiment IntimiGator 8/8/2025 - 12:00 p.m.
• I understand. I held my nose and voted Biden in '20. And as good as it was to remove Trump, 10EC 8/8/2025 - 12:04 p.m.
• Im in the same boat, and so far I just dont see Trump as "way worse" than I expected... Dawgzilla 8/8/2025 - 12:38 p.m.
• same. * 10EC 8/8/2025 - 12:49 p.m.
• C = B * Jean Voljean 8/8/2025 - 11:50 a.m.
• Nope. * 10EC 8/8/2025 - 11:53 a.m.
• Yep. U nailed it. * BBG 8/8/2025 - 10:49 a.m.
• Hi. I'm nobody. * Mudlizard 8/8/2025 - 8:18 a.m.
• Dunno. You have been pretty aggressive towards them. * 10EC 8/8/2025 - 7:10 a.m.
• lol * BBG 8/8/2025 - 8:28 a.m.
• g82b, Albert, GatorCane, Beachmaster. Hobbes 8/8/2025 - 8:34 a.m.
• They didn't take the news of the election very well for sure... * 10EC 8/8/2025 - 11:46 a.m.
• It helps to have facts to support an argument. * trash 8/8/2025 - 7:37 a.m.
• "gun to your head, you pick wrong answer, bang...." It has not scrolled off * 10EC 8/8/2025 - 7:49 a.m.
• Once more, this time in English please. Meaning, words that go together and express a coherent trash 8/8/2025 - 9:15 a.m.
• See my convo with Wayne above...more important to meh and correct me than admit that Native 8/8/2025 - 11:55 a.m.
• A question was asked by BBG. If he didn't want a reply or didn't like the answer then that 10EC 8/8/2025 - 12:01 p.m.
• What facts do you seek? I have an example. Do you want more? * 10EC 8/8/2025 - 11:04 a.m.
• How does that example make your point? Are you trying to claim he ran people off with that post, if trash 8/8/2025 - 5:09 p.m.
• He has been very aggressive here to posters who no longer post. What I shared was from 10EC 8/8/2025 - 6:30 p.m.
• Shocker - “not a Russian asset” defiantly putting assets in Russia at risk * Dawgspeare 8/7/2025 - 8:04 p.m.
• RE: Shocker - “not a Russian asset” defiantly putting assets in Russia at risk Hobbes 8/8/2025 - 7:23 a.m.
• at first, then she ran around with a RT megaphone forever afterwards Dawgspeare 8/8/2025 - 10:52 a.m.
• And, when pointed out here, we were accused of woman hating, being partsians, and a whole bunch Native 8/8/2025 - 10:58 a.m.
• Assad was the rookie league before moving up to Vlad * Native 8/8/2025 - 7:34 a.m.
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The idiot director of HHS nuked mRNA vaccines, meanwhile his advice to drink raw milk Native 8/7/2025 - 6:42 p.m.
• I prefer my vaccines that have the disease in them...so much cooler than new fangled science * lurch 8/8/2025 - 9:38 a.m.
• With MAGA…It’s the stupidity, stupid. * SpacinGator 8/7/2025 - 10:40 p.m.
• Yeah, stupid that is going to kill a lot of innocent kids and end cancer research that is on Native 8/8/2025 - 7:05 a.m.
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Yes Detroit Big 3 autoworker..your bonus check will be much much smaller this year.... UGADawginVA 8/7/2025 - 11:46 a.m.
• RE: Yes Detroit Big 3 autoworker..your bonus check will be much much smaller this year.... Hobbes 8/7/2025 - 3:00 p.m.
• Is that a tax on workers? * BBG 8/7/2025 - 1:26 p.m.
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Code Monkey around? Need to reset Pick Em. * Pick Em Guys 8/7/2025 - 8:23 a.m.
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Nice to see DOJ officials do nice things in their off time..... UGADawginVA 8/7/2025 - 8:08 a.m.
• I mean he pardoned them all pretty much... including ones that assaulted federal police officers. BBG 8/7/2025 - 8:12 a.m.
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The rest of the, let's say, tomfoolery going on right now...old white men being gross rolls on Native 8/7/2025 - 7:40 a.m.
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Mitch Perry covered my event in Lakeland! Native 8/7/2025 - 7:35 a.m.
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Dean Cain found a job .. UGADawginVA 8/7/2025 - 1:15 a.m.
• Did you see the latest South Park? * Native 8/7/2025 - 9:50 a.m.
• Kristi Noem...lol * UGADawginVA 8/7/2025 - 11:47 a.m.
• JD Vance, LOL * Native 8/7/2025 - 11:49 a.m.
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Active shooting Ft. Stewart, Gov. Kemp already sending condolences Native 8/6/2025 - 12:15 p.m.
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Prominent R grows a spine, abandons his party, Georgia version Native 8/6/2025 - 9:45 a.m.
• I'd settle for "maybe he has decided he wants to try and keep democracy in USA" * BBG 8/7/2025 - 8:07 a.m.
• Absolutely...I talked to a reporter Sunday about my event, and she said she was concerned it Native 8/7/2025 - 8:34 a.m.
• Dems way overperformed in RI last night defending a seat in a special election. Native 8/6/2025 - 9:52 a.m.
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Speaking of Ford: their CEO loves his Red Chinese EV Hobbes 8/6/2025 - 8:47 a.m.
• Speak for yourself. WAR DAMN EAGLE 8/6/2025 - 2:21 p.m.
• I'm getting a used Ford Mach E. Not the latest tech like the other 129 Chinese EV automakers. GoBananas 8/7/2025 - 6:33 p.m.
• Ford was blasphemous was using Mach on that vehicle * aubie in bham 8/8/2025 - 11:34 a.m.
• Fortunately I'm not a gear head but I did love watching Steve McQueen in Bullet!! * GoBananas 8/8/2025 - 1:02 p.m.
• BYD has been doing quite well in competition with Tesla. Phred 8/6/2025 - 1:51 p.m.
• I recently took several Ubers in BYD cars in Europe. Very nice and roomy cars. Surprised by the BelmontGator 8/7/2025 - 1:29 a.m.
• Know what else he loved: Mississippi Vol 8/6/2025 - 9:55 a.m.
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Wonkette on the release of the ICE dentention of that South Korean Episcopal priest's daughter. Native 8/6/2025 - 6:18 a.m.
• Wait. Her mama is the priest??? Hobbes 8/6/2025 - 8:28 a.m.
• I hear we are contagious! * Native 8/6/2025 - 8:45 a.m.
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FB reel of the president telling David Letterman in the early 90s that Mike Tyson should "serve some Native 8/5/2025 - 10:45 p.m.
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Ford Paid $800 Million in Tariff Costs Over 3 Months CodeMonkey 8/5/2025 - 4:52 p.m.
• RE: Ford Paid $800 Million in Tariff Costs Over 3 Months Pick Em Guys 8/7/2025 - 8:23 a.m.
• Yet, were this a quarterly estimate, would there be sniffles. Before TCJA corporate rate was 35%. Mississippi Vol 8/6/2025 - 8:41 a.m.
• Tariffs are taxes but taxes aren’t taxes. Or something like that * DurangoGator 8/6/2025 - 6:52 p.m.
• tariffs will cost me move than tax savings * aubie in bham 8/7/2025 - 4:27 p.m.
• RE: Ford Paid $800 Million in Tariff Costs Over 3 Months aubie in bham 8/5/2025 - 7:51 p.m.
• You or customers? Curious.. I mean, there is just so much you can eat. * 10EC 8/5/2025 - 9:05 p.m.
• We did. Our contracts do not address Tariffs and they consider them escalation fees. aubie in bham 8/5/2025 - 10:07 p.m.
• That's a gut punch. I guess you are adding to contracts going forward? * 10EC 8/6/2025 - 7:35 a.m.
• That sucks. Sorry, man. * Jean Voljean 8/5/2025 - 10:50 p.m.
• And all of these are deep red states. NIMBY * aubie in bham 8/5/2025 - 11:08 p.m.
• we are starting to hear from distros and importers that wine and other alcohol tariffs are about BBG 8/7/2025 - 9:17 a.m.
• RE: we are starting to hear from distros and importers that wine and other alcohol tariffs are about aubie in bham 8/7/2025 - 4:28 p.m.
• There is no rhyme or reason to anything he does....why expect anything different here.. * UGADawginVA 8/5/2025 - 6:55 p.m.
• RE: Ford Paid $800 Million in Tariff Costs Over 3 Months iPhoneHobbes 8/5/2025 - 6:36 p.m.
• Maybe Michigan needs better senators WDE mobile 8/5/2025 - 6:44 p.m.
• RE: Maybe Michigan needs MAGA senators iPhoneHobbes 8/6/2025 - 7:31 a.m.
• Yeah, that's true. WAR DAMN EAGLE 8/6/2025 - 8:10 p.m.
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Grape job Polk County and high Sheriff Grady Judd iPhoneHobbes 8/5/2025 - 4:47 p.m.
• Yes, I was in Polk County tonight for our forum and while we didn't have time to mention this one Native 8/5/2025 - 10:38 p.m.
• Billy Townsend, one of the speakers last night, wrote about this at the time Native 8/6/2025 - 6:19 a.m.
• Stupid C/P error, correct link now! Billy's article is important because he always brings receipts! Native 8/6/2025 - 8:51 a.m.
• RE: Billy Townsend, one of the speakers last night, wrote about this at the time Hobbes 8/6/2025 - 8:31 a.m.
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IV an answer to your inquiry elsewhere . . . CodeMonkey 8/5/2025 - 11:30 a.m.
• I knew you would know or could read and understand the reality of it * Inspector Vol 8/5/2025 - 12:48 p.m.
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For those of you are fluent in Donald 2.0, please interpret what he is saying here: iPhoneHobbes 8/5/2025 - 10:20 a.m.
• That will never happen, because they have pre-selected a media of nothing but boot-lickers * Native 8/6/2025 - 5:18 a.m.
• Its simple really...Latin Americans have been bred for farm labor. Everyone knows that * Dawgzilla 8/5/2025 - 1:22 p.m.
• He's President and CBS fired Jimmy the Greek. * aubie in bham 8/5/2025 - 2:29 p.m.
• Damn today's woke culture * Dawgspeare 8/5/2025 - 4:24 p.m.
• Stay tuned. Someone will present scientific evidence supporting that view * Dawgzilla 8/5/2025 - 3:40 p.m.
• EPA, NOAA, USGS only lackey's need apply. & dear leader needs you!!!! * GoBananas 8/7/2025 - 6:39 p.m.
• My hurricane hunter friend spoke Tuesday night. I wish he'd run for the Florida legislature Native 8/8/2025 - 8:59 a.m.
• Michael Lewis book Who Is Government is on my list. I think it speaks to these issues. * GoBananas 8/8/2025 - 1:05 p.m.
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The victims of the Trump-Epstein pedophilia ring don't appear to be willing to go away quietly Native 8/4/2025 - 8:13 p.m.
• HCR adds context about, well, everything (60% safe to read before bed) Native 8/5/2025 - 7:18 a.m.
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Vegas hotel employees are thrilled with the current economy... UGADawginVA 8/4/2025 - 4:05 p.m.
• side note parking is now the biggest scam in lodging. CONSIGLIEREG8R 8/6/2025 - 9:13 a.m.
• The big beautiful bill is going to really hurt Vegas.... JimG8R 8/4/2025 - 9:11 p.m.
• Is this sentence factually correct? Golden Gator 8/5/2025 - 11:33 a.m.
• You are correct. Poorly worded sentence by Newsweek. * JimG8R 8/5/2025 - 9:24 p.m.
• I hope that vote for no tax on tips was worth it! Also, tourism is just going to get worse Native 8/4/2025 - 7:34 p.m.
• The no tax on tips was a gift to employers to give them an excuse to continue not to pay fair wages. * trash 8/5/2025 - 8:27 a.m.
• 100%. Just like the baby bonds he's proposing is a back door to privatize SS, because Native 8/5/2025 - 9:20 a.m.
• Billions in tourist (and tax) dollars already lost due to his policies. With World Cup next year, Ghost Gator 8/5/2025 - 4:52 a.m.
• World Cup is already talking about moving part to Canada and/or Mexico, and they should Native 8/5/2025 - 6:48 a.m.
• RE: World Cup is already talking about moving part to Canada and/or Mexico, and they should CoachTony 8/6/2025 - 6:49 a.m.
• I think they are talking about increasing the number, but I could be wrong * Native 8/6/2025 - 10:55 a.m.
• Or only play in blue states. * BelmontGator 8/5/2025 - 11:37 a.m.
• FIFA clearly should, but won’t do it. Jean Voljean 8/5/2025 - 8:53 a.m.
• The last two were in Qatar and Russia WAR DAMN EAGLE 8/5/2025 - 10:02 a.m.
• Well, I guess it will be a big, fat entertaining disaster, if nothing else * Native 8/5/2025 - 9:19 a.m.
• Looks like hotel rates will be cheaper when I head to Vegas to see the Gators play AZ! * BelmontGator 8/4/2025 - 8:59 p.m.
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Multiple Kentucky Whiskey Distilleries File for Bankruptcy UGADawginVA 8/4/2025 - 3:41 p.m.
• Leopard eating Montana faces as well Native 8/4/2025 - 7:39 p.m.
• Multiple Kentucky Whiskey Distilleries File for Bankruptcy iPhoneHobbes 8/4/2025 - 6:24 p.m.
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Gov. Hochul opens door to disbanding New York’s independent redistricting commission UGADawginVA 8/4/2025 - 3:31 p.m.
• Damn straight Gov Hochul. I might move to NY GoBananas 8/7/2025 - 6:44 p.m.
• Good read on this in The Atlantic Native 8/8/2025 - 8:20 a.m.
• It doesn't help when it seems that Andrew Cuomo is willing to cooperate with Trump just to... Thunder 8/11/2025 - 9:17 a.m.
• Good. Dems have to stop playing into their opposition's hands and fight fire with fire Native 8/4/2025 - 3:45 p.m.
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This is the long game with tariffs... (thx FLVOL for sharing) 10EC 8/4/2025 - 3:17 p.m.
• I actually think they are working and more than 90 countries have reduced their tariffs thus far … Peabody Hall 8/5/2025 - 5:36 p.m.
• Tariffs as a blanket policy Do Not Work to our benefit. See above re Ford. You have to accept the trash 8/5/2025 - 5:43 p.m.
• This guy claims that tariffs are not inflationary. I would agree with that if they were used in a BelmontGator 8/4/2025 - 6:33 p.m.
• It's why he is freaking out on J. Powell. * 10EC 8/4/2025 - 7:56 p.m.
• 5D chess. * iPhoneHobbes 8/4/2025 - 6:25 p.m.
• Um, both sides forever.... * 10EC 8/4/2025 - 6:32 p.m.
• But enough about 90% of all of your posts! ;) * Mudlizard 8/5/2025 - 9:39 a.m.
• It's not like I'm the only voice on the other side or anything. * 10EC 8/5/2025 - 10:03 a.m.
• What side is that? * Mudlizard 8/5/2025 - 10:08 a.m.
• The side that sees the Ds doing (or have done) the same shite... 10EC 8/5/2025 - 10:31 a.m.
• I don't know what you know. Mudlizard 8/5/2025 - 10:46 a.m.
• Wait for it.... 10EC 8/5/2025 - 11:09 a.m.
• trump is a pedophile, rapist, sexual predator, and just overall disgusting human being. His own BelmontGator 8/5/2025 - 11:50 a.m.
• I'm talking policy... he is definitely an awful human being. * 10EC 8/5/2025 - 11:59 a.m.
• RE: I'm talking policy... he is definitely an awful human being. Mudlizard 8/5/2025 - 1:38 p.m.
• WADR, I really don't thing you do.Your comparisons continue to fall flat when you get past headlines Mudlizard 8/5/2025 - 11:25 a.m.
• Like I said, you are blind to your side. * 10EC 8/5/2025 - 11:36 a.m.
• Do you honestly feel that Trump is no worse than any other president in the past 50 years? * Golden Gator 8/6/2025 - 3:07 p.m.
• I have never, nor would I ever claim Dems are without fault. They suck too. Mudlizard 8/5/2025 - 1:03 p.m.
• So, like the Texas Gerry mandering? * 10EC 8/5/2025 - 1:08 p.m.
• I put words together in a particular order, with the hopes their meaning will be clear. Mudlizard 8/5/2025 - 1:16 p.m.
• At the end of the day it’s up to Texas to redraw districts the way they see fit. WDE mobile 8/5/2025 - 7:04 p.m.
• All districts should be drawn by independent commissions. David Jolly actually got a Q about this Native 8/5/2025 - 10:39 p.m.
• I wasn't commenting on what I thought should be done, just the process as it's currently set up. * WAR DAMN EAGLE 8/6/2025 - 2:36 p.m.
• Dems tried to moderate and take the high road while R states have gotten increasingly Native 8/6/2025 - 3:50 p.m.
• Under the "Republicans are trying to destroy democracy" mantra with the Texas redistricting. 10EC 8/5/2025 - 1:39 p.m.
• Another random one-off. You must just be messing with me at this point. I give up. * Mudlizard 8/5/2025 - 1:48 p.m.
• In the end, it's why I post the "both sides" ... b/c it is blantently obvious to those who support 10EC 8/5/2025 - 1:59 p.m.
• both sides don't want tariffs. Hobbes 8/4/2025 - 7:15 p.m.
• History would say you are wrong on both sides not utilizing tariffs... * 10EC 8/4/2025 - 7:41 p.m.
• RE: History would say you are wrong on both sides not utilizing tariffs... iPhoneHobbes 8/5/2025 - 10:21 a.m.
• I admittedly didn’t watch, but is the claim that Trump has a long term tariff plan? If so, really? * trash 8/4/2025 - 4:42 p.m.
• I have no idea what he has. * 10EC 8/4/2025 - 5:19 p.m.
• It's just Trump's flawed trade balance fallacy put to fancy graphics and a slicker presentation . . * CodeMonkey 8/4/2025 - 4:02 p.m.
• Agree. Most all of Trump's businesses he has created over the years have failed. Anybody who thinks BelmontGator 8/4/2025 - 6:43 p.m.
• The notion that one man “leads” a $30T economy is false. I think that gets us in all DurangoGator 8/5/2025 - 10:16 a.m.
• Trump is definitely trying to manipulate every corner of our economy unlike any president in my BelmontGator 8/5/2025 - 11:39 a.m.
• Trying is the operative word. Even with his bad decisions our economy is DurangoGator 8/5/2025 - 11:57 a.m.
• I genuinely fear Trump can cause the dollar to no longer be the world's reserve currency and dudehead 8/5/2025 - 3:45 p.m.
• Unforced errors, like the ones Trump is making, could cause it. Momentum DurangoGator 8/5/2025 - 5:40 p.m.
• As a short term thing, I think it is folly. Can you bring jobs back and protect innovation 10EC 8/4/2025 - 4:06 p.m.
• Why don’t we just let the free market decide? WDE mobile 8/4/2025 - 8:27 p.m.
• An open market will require more than ending Trump tariffing policies. * Mississippi Vol 8/5/2025 - 8:16 a.m.
• No argument, but tell me how to deal with unfair tariffs from other countries. * 10EC 8/4/2025 - 8:43 p.m.
• RE: No argument, but tell me how to deal with unfair tariffs from other countries. Codemonkey 8/4/2025 - 9:23 p.m.
• Obviously not going to happen. 10EC 8/4/2025 - 10:22 p.m.
• RE: Obviously not going to happen. Codemonkey 8/4/2025 - 10:50 p.m.
• If, repeat, if that was his intent, he would have done a great many things to spur investment in trash 8/4/2025 - 5:18 p.m.
• Elect a chaotic fool Hobbes 8/4/2025 - 7:13 p.m.
• RE: As a short term thing, I think it is folly. Can you bring jobs back and protect innovation CodeMonkey 8/4/2025 - 4:15 p.m.
• Everyone wants to be an influencer or Onlyfans thot these days. WDE mobile 8/4/2025 - 8:31 p.m.
• My eldest is making a killing these days * FLVOL 8/4/2025 - 9:40 p.m.
• As a? * 10EC 8/4/2025 - 10:24 p.m.
• he's a commercial construction inspector. He usually gets 10-20 hours of overtime FLVOL 8/5/2025 - 6:56 a.m.
• That's awesome! Congrats to him. * 10EC 8/5/2025 - 7:47 a.m.
• And it’s harder to make $ that way than you may think. My OnlyFans account is still struggling. * Jean Voljean 8/4/2025 - 8:38 p.m.
• Meta tells me I'm a digital content creator and has started monetizing my posts Native 8/5/2025 - 8:02 a.m.
• Are you suggesting that the descendants of Muricans who were Hobbes 8/4/2025 - 7:12 p.m.
• H1B immigrants were vital for the US to have the technological edge over the world. Trump is single BelmontGator 8/4/2025 - 6:39 p.m.
• The long game with tariffs is always a poorer country. CodeMonkey 8/4/2025 - 3:34 p.m.
• Could it be that Milton had a point when the US hadn't been in the FLVOL 8/4/2025 - 9:48 p.m.
• Friedman eloquently makes his point; yet theory isn’t practice. Mississippi Vol 8/5/2025 - 2:26 p.m.
• RE: Friedman eloquently makes his point; yet theory isn’t practice. CodeMonkey 8/5/2025 - 3:18 p.m.
• Friedman eloquently makes his point; yet theory isn’t practice. CodeMonkey 8/5/2025 - 3:21 p.m.
• Considering the biggest reasons we over spend thru government CodeMonkey 8/5/2025 - 3:13 p.m.
• I’m comfortable with my economic argument. * Mississippi Vol 8/5/2025 - 3:31 p.m.
• And I'm comfortable with my criticism of it. So here we are using up Bob's bandwidth. * CodeMonkey 8/5/2025 - 3:39 p.m.
• But, Mud’s decision to produce is a market based one. * Mississippi Vol 8/5/2025 - 5:10 p.m.
• Don’t think that is an economic decision. InvestiGator 8/5/2025 - 6:28 p.m.
• Money for nothing and his chicks for free 🤔 * Mississippi Vol 8/5/2025 - 6:38 p.m.
• Disagree. How has China been thrashing us economically? Their 1.3B people sized economy will not BelmontGator 8/5/2025 - 11:46 a.m.
• RE: Disagree. How has China been thrashing us economically? Their 1.3B people sized economy will not CodeMonkey 8/5/2025 - 11:59 a.m.
• The fundamental premise at the root of almost every Trump policy is wrong, misleading or flat out trash 8/5/2025 - 11:57 a.m.
• Just as true today as when L Frank Baum wrote the Wizard of Oz 100 years ago. * Native 8/5/2025 - 3:02 p.m.
• RE: Could it be that Milton had a point when the US hadn't been in the Codemonkey 8/4/2025 - 10:51 p.m.
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getting a chuckle at the double standard Booty Faulked 8/4/2025 - 10:26 a.m.
• Almost as hilarious as a criminal investigation against Jack Smith for Hatch Act violations * Native 8/4/2025 - 11:18 a.m.
• Agreed * 10EC 8/4/2025 - 10:29 a.m.
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David Jolly was interviewed by Jim Defede of CBS News Miami and he covered a lot of things Native 8/4/2025 - 8:45 a.m.
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Trump’s 1500% drug price reduction claim is unusually concerning. Jean Voljean 8/3/2025 - 9:10 p.m.
• If you don't like the math just fire the mathematician. * CodeMonkey 8/4/2025 - 11:20 a.m.
• Don’t like the satellite data? Terminate the satellites. Jean Voljean 8/4/2025 - 8:05 p.m.
• I didn't like the number my bathroom scale showed me, so I fired it. * Wize Guy 8/5/2025 - 11:46 a.m.
• Those numbers were rigged, and the scale was purchased during the Biden administration * Dawgspeare 8/6/2025 - 8:36 a.m.
• Good point. Same goes for the thermometer that showed me a temp I didn't like and got rid of. * Wize Guy 8/6/2025 - 9:00 a.m.
• That's why God invented Sharpies. * Mudlizard 8/4/2025 - 11:29 a.m.
• D. Without a doubt. Right out of the authoritarian playbook, keep ratcheting up the absurdity to trash 8/4/2025 - 9:23 a.m.
• RE: D. Without a doubt. Right out of the authoritarian playbook, keep ratcheting up the absurdity to iPhoneHobbes 8/4/2025 - 10:01 a.m.
• have you noticed that the falsehoods are getting more and more outlandish and absurd? BBG 8/4/2025 - 7:51 a.m.
• The new (and improved??) Baghdad Bob * Ghost Gator 8/5/2025 - 4:59 a.m.
• RE: have you noticed that the falsehoods are getting more and more outlandish and absurd? iPhoneHobbes 8/4/2025 - 10:21 a.m.
• RE: Trump’s 1500% drug price reduction claim is unusually concerning. iPhoneHobbes 8/4/2025 - 7:13 a.m.
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Matt Labash: iPhoneHobbes 8/3/2025 - 8:45 p.m.
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FAFO on these Trump tariffs....Why is the pertinent question here .. UGADawginVA 8/3/2025 - 11:41 a.m.
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Black student face brutally assault police officer's fists Hobbes 8/3/2025 - 10:03 a.m.
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Iowa law will require public schools to allow private school students to play sports Hobbes 8/3/2025 - 9:49 a.m.
• I’d prefer taxpayer financed schools get out of sports entertainment altogether. * Mississippi Vol 8/4/2025 - 12:56 p.m.
• The public school kids should be able to take classes for free at the private schools * Wize Guy 8/3/2025 - 6:49 p.m.
• And if they pay the fees, I’m sure they’d be welcomed. * Mississippi Vol 8/8/2025 - 9:23 a.m.
• Sure, when private schools can extract money from you at the point of a gun. I'll agree. * CodeMonkey 8/4/2025 - 11:22 a.m.
• Why? * 10EC 8/4/2025 - 7:12 a.m.
• Because if private school families get to take advantage of sports without... Wize Guy 8/4/2025 - 8:31 a.m.
• Interesting. So, what happens to the tax dollars paid by the families who chose private. 10EC 8/4/2025 - 8:49 a.m.
• These chose private school it was their choice. Private should not get any benefits from public $. * GoBananas 8/7/2025 - 6:56 p.m.
• Disagree for anyone subjected to public funding. 10EC pays taxes: he deserves equal access. * Mississippi Vol 8/8/2025 - 9:22 a.m.
• As long as private school kids pay to play, I have no issue with it. * 10EC 8/8/2025 - 5:52 a.m.
• Same thing that happens to tax dollars paid by families that choose private schools Wize Guy 8/4/2025 - 9:34 a.m.
• So, a situation where vouchers are not present. Same distribution? 10EC 8/4/2025 - 10:01 a.m.
• If the voucher is the same amount as per pupil public spending * CodeMonkey 8/4/2025 - 11:24 a.m.
• I'm talking about states w/o vouchers * 10EC 8/4/2025 - 11:36 a.m.
• Oh it's even worse than that . . . CodeMonkey 8/4/2025 - 11:48 a.m.
• I cannot answer your question for all the states, only NC Wize Guy 8/4/2025 - 11:05 a.m.
• What about the tax dollars that are used to fund private school vouchers? Stray Gator 8/4/2025 - 9:06 a.m.
• No clue. Not a part of schools here. * 10EC 8/4/2025 - 9:09 a.m.
• Assume you're in Tennessee, or the many other states that provide private school vouchers . . . Stray Gator 8/4/2025 - 9:16 a.m.
• I am in Georgia. I honestly do not have enough knowledge in the subject to comment. 10EC 8/4/2025 - 9:26 a.m.
• Star! * Native 8/3/2025 - 7:23 p.m.
• Might this policy adversely affect team chemistry and cohesiveness of fan support at games? Stray Gator 8/3/2025 - 1:14 p.m.
• Win and the only ones saying it are the parents of the 2nd string player. Always the same in sports * 10EC 8/3/2025 - 1:48 p.m.
• As I recall, Tebow was home schooled but played for a public school * DurangoGator 8/3/2025 - 1:55 p.m.
• If they get that scholarship we charge them * CONSIGLIEREG8R 8/3/2025 - 12:15 p.m.
• USA communities were more united before spread of school choice. * SpacinGator 8/3/2025 - 10:37 a.m.
• Interesting take. The percentage of students attending private schools has DurangoGator 8/3/2025 - 12:00 p.m.
• That's good. About time private school parents got some value out of the tax dollars. * 10EC 8/3/2025 - 9:58 a.m.
• you mean the parents getting $7500 vouchers to send kids to private schools? Those parents? Hobbes 8/3/2025 - 10:05 a.m.
• I wish I was one of those parents WAR DAMN EAGLE 8/3/2025 - 10:27 a.m.
• I have paid tens of thousands in taxes without direct benefit. So yeah, me. 10EC 8/3/2025 - 10:11 a.m.
• My condolences. Sounds like you’ve had a hard life. Jean Voljean 8/3/2025 - 12:31 p.m.
• As an aside from your smart ass comment, the point is why was this a problem to begin with 10EC 8/3/2025 - 12:48 p.m.
• Choices involve tradeoffs. Pick one restaurant and there will be menu items that are only available Jean Voljean 8/3/2025 - 1:12 p.m.
• Really, no using your analogy, I bought prime rib at two different restaurants but only get to 10EC 8/3/2025 - 1:17 p.m.
• And my taxes help pay for tanks that I never get to ride in, let alone shoot the cannon. * Jean Voljean 8/3/2025 - 1:24 p.m.
• Damn. I would be happy if they’d let me throw just one hand grenade. * WDE mobile 8/3/2025 - 4:49 p.m.
• Why do you want to deny a child to be able to play a sports? * 10EC 8/3/2025 - 1:44 p.m.
• I’m not. If your kid wants to try out for a school’s lacrosse team he can Jean Voljean 8/3/2025 - 2:30 p.m.
• Other than just being mean... why not? What is the harm? * 10EC 8/3/2025 - 2:46 p.m.
• Isn't a key part of school sports based on the pride & school spirit of being a part of the school? Mudlizard 8/4/2025 - 2:49 p.m.
• That's a big ole wah to me. What if the coming in kid worked harder? * 10EC 8/4/2025 - 3:03 p.m.
• I’m not. If your kid wants wants to try out for a school’s team, Jean Voljean 8/3/2025 - 2:56 p.m.
• Well, you are wrong. The public school was too 10 in the state. Did t want the woke shite. * 10EC 8/3/2025 - 3:01 p.m.
• School not good enough for your kid to attend but he should get to play on the sports team? Nah. * BelmontGator 8/4/2025 - 1:57 a.m.
• Just meanness.... there is no other reason. Telling. * 10EC 8/4/2025 - 7:16 a.m.
• Sending your child to private school while taking away tax dollars from the school you want your kid BelmontGator 8/5/2025 - 1:16 p.m.
• That doesn't happen here it seems. * 10EC 8/5/2025 - 1:48 p.m.
• I do see a lot of meanness Jean Voljean 8/4/2025 - 8:43 a.m.
• That was directed at the poster. And if anyone is screaming at others like a Karen, it is you. * 10EC 8/4/2025 - 8:50 a.m.
• “That is just meanness. There is no other reason. Telling.” * Jean Voljean 8/4/2025 - 9:10 a.m.
• Directed at the poster. And it is true. * 10EC 8/4/2025 - 9:10 a.m.
• The sense of entitlement is really something, isn't it? * Native 8/4/2025 - 6:56 a.m.
• I paid for it already. Not an entitlement. * 10EC 8/4/2025 - 7:15 a.m.
• Then answer the budget question. * Jean Voljean 8/3/2025 - 3:05 p.m.
• Look up Pope High versus Johnson Ferry Christian.... knock yourself out. * 10EC 8/3/2025 - 3:06 p.m.
• And? * 10EC 8/4/2025 - 9:28 a.m.
• I think the opinion in concurring in the result has the better reasoning Hobbes 8/4/2025 - 7:29 p.m.
• What a giant waste of time and Mo ey for some bracelets... * 10EC 8/4/2025 - 7:54 p.m.
• Call me crazy but I'd rather live amongst an educated populace. WAR DAMN EAGLE 8/3/2025 - 10:28 a.m.
• "Direct benefit" * 10EC 8/3/2025 - 10:42 a.m.
• Being able to interact with professionals and service workers who aren't stupid is a direct benefit. * WAR DAMN EAGLE 8/3/2025 - 11:06 a.m.
• Ok, if you say so * 10EC 8/3/2025 - 12:21 p.m.
• You sound like city dwellers without cars who complain about using their taxes to pay for roads. Stray Gator 8/3/2025 - 1:08 p.m.
• I did not disparage anything. I know the taxes I pay are for the greater good. I just categorized 10EC 8/3/2025 - 1:20 p.m.
• It was you who first said you haven't been receiving even "some value" for your school tax dollars. Stray Gator 8/3/2025 - 1:54 p.m.
• We disagree on the last part * 10EC 8/3/2025 - 2:09 p.m.
• RE: "Some value" * Stray Gator 8/3/2025 - 10:55 a.m.
• Yed * 10EC 8/3/2025 - 12:22 p.m.
• Public schools are a public good. Clockwork Orange 8/3/2025 - 10:22 a.m.
• "Direct benefit". * 10EC 8/3/2025 - 10:41 a.m.
• RE: "Some value" * Stray Gator 8/3/2025 - 10:56 a.m.
• yed * 10EC 8/3/2025 - 12:22 p.m.
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Maine Police Officer arrested by ICE, missed by colleagues, eligible to work Native 8/2/2025 - 10:10 p.m.
• that is the main objective, to create fear, make a spectacle - it is part of the authoritarian BBG 8/3/2025 - 9:03 a.m.
• Sarah Longwell, still a Republican as far as I can tell, on her party Native 8/3/2025 - 9:22 a.m.
• he has a few important things and uses them well BBG 8/3/2025 - 9:26 a.m.
• The only way he doesn't is if he's dead * Native 8/3/2025 - 11:38 a.m.
• I remember Third offering to take Hobbes bet but Hobbes said no. * 10EC 8/3/2025 - 10:51 a.m.
• UFNY's bet was not reasonable - Trump had to be in power for over a year after his term ends BBG 8/3/2025 - 12:46 p.m.
• I thought it was Third and Hobbes... 10EC 8/3/2025 - 12:54 p.m.
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“A Kentucky-built Ford Escape could cost $5,000 more than a Japanese-made Toyota Rav4… (Ford CEO) Fa UGADawginVA 8/2/2025 - 9:50 p.m.
• I hope he will choose that route rather than president, even though I think he'd make a fine one. Native 8/2/2025 - 10:12 p.m.
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Heather’s post on jobs, the economy and why Trump firing the Labor Statistics Comm. trash 8/2/2025 - 8:28 p.m.
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Who had “ well actually Ghislaine is innocent” on their bingo card? iPhoneHobbes 8/2/2025 - 8:22 p.m.
• Sure, they aren't going to stop rewriting reality so it's perfect Native 8/2/2025 - 8:34 p.m.
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What is it with old white guys and young women? Not only is Donnie enamored with Native 8/2/2025 - 1:54 p.m.
• I wish it had occurred to me to buy that company's stock due to the impending backlash from Ghost Gator 8/5/2025 - 5:06 a.m.
• Men get wiser and women lose ale as they age, * FLVOL 8/4/2025 - 9:52 p.m.
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Can we have a moment of silence for the tragic death of PBS Native 8/2/2025 - 12:51 p.m.
• It's such a tiny percentage of our budget, but we can't have people educated by PBS and NPR * Ghost Gator 8/5/2025 - 5:07 a.m.
• So anyway, DOGE wasted billions of dollars and all we got for it was less nice things Native 8/2/2025 - 1:47 p.m.
• moan moan moan-we’re getting a 90,000 square foot ball room, paid for by iPhoneHobbes 8/2/2025 - 2:20 p.m.
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“Georiga let’s ride” iPhoneHobbes 8/2/2025 - 12:00 p.m.
• I think we are going to be in a very dark place here soon... * UGADawginVA 8/2/2025 - 12:01 p.m.
• If by "soon" you mean 9 years ago and every day since, yes. * EJNGator 8/2/2025 - 1:25 p.m.
• RE: I think we are going to be in a very dark place here soon... iPhoneHobbes 8/2/2025 - 12:09 p.m.
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Trump’s Domestic Use of Military Set to Get Worse, Leaked Memo Shows UGADawginVA 8/2/2025 - 11:02 a.m.
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Lawrence Taylor, known sex offender, named to President's Council on Health, Fitness, and Nutrition Native 8/1/2025 - 5:21 p.m.
• RE: Lawrence Taylor, known sex offender, named to President's Council on Health, Fitness, and Nutrit Hobbes 8/2/2025 - 8:30 a.m.
• Just read where Taylor drank 41 beers on his NFL draft day. Can't even remember anything about it. Phred 8/2/2025 - 1:19 p.m.
• Yes, very disappointed in Sir Charles. Far too few are finding the courage necessary to meet Native 8/2/2025 - 8:55 a.m.
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Yowza, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd is MAGA pissed at Kristi Noem! Native 8/1/2025 - 3:53 p.m.
• The pastor of that St. Pete Methodist Church mentioned below has a great message for Grady Judd Native 8/1/2025 - 3:54 p.m.
• So, no comments on Pastor Oliver's challenge to Grady Judd to be a hopemonger? Native 8/2/2025 - 8:04 a.m.
• Curious if that church is tax exempt? * 10EC 8/1/2025 - 5:01 p.m.
• Churches are automatically exempt and do not have to apply for tax exempt status if they meet 501c3 dudehead 8/2/2025 - 6:53 a.m.
• Uh oh. Someone said negative things about Trump. How can government punish him? Jean Voljean 8/1/2025 - 5:09 p.m.
• And yet you would be first to bitch about clergy preaching politics. Consistency man. 10EC 8/1/2025 - 5:22 p.m.
• Nope. I don’t have a naive understanding of the advocacy rules for nonprofits. Jean Voljean 8/1/2025 - 6:31 p.m.
• Notice what I said. I said "preaching politics". And, I am correct in that. 10EC 8/1/2025 - 9:12 p.m.
• Your words: “Curious if that church is tax exempt?” (Sic on the question mark.) Jean Voljean 8/1/2025 - 9:28 p.m.
• He is clergy... can your mind wrap itself around the idea that maybe he might be 10EC 8/1/2025 - 10:54 p.m.
• So your statement about "preaching politics" is admittedly inapplicable to what the pastor did, Golden Gator 8/2/2025 - 8:25 a.m.
• Again, read the words. What I typed is what I typed. And none of it was wrong. 10EC 8/2/2025 - 9:25 a.m.
• Furthermore, the USSC just gave churches carte blanche to go political Native 8/1/2025 - 7:17 p.m.
• Not the Supreme Court, the Trump administration. Under Trump the IRS Jean Voljean 8/1/2025 - 7:45 p.m.
• Ah, thanks for the correction, I am a multi-tasking and too lazy to look up the details. My point Native 8/1/2025 - 8:17 p.m.
• There should be no preaching politics. It's wrong for everyone. * 10EC 8/1/2025 - 9:07 p.m.
• To be clear, by political do you mean Jean Voljean 8/2/2025 - 12:55 p.m.
• From (for example) endorsing candidates from the pulpit. Telling congregation how to vote. * 10EC 8/2/2025 - 2:56 p.m.
• Then we are in agreement. It makes sense for most mainstream congregations to want to Jean Voljean 8/2/2025 - 8:15 p.m.
• An illusory distinction IMO. The influence of religious leaders isn't confined to formal sermons. Stray Gator 8/2/2025 - 4:27 p.m.
• And candidates campaigning from pulpits. * InvestiGator 8/2/2025 - 5:44 p.m.
• Yup. Blatant violation of the law and most congregations would agree. Interestingly, the two Jean Voljean 8/2/2025 - 8:30 p.m.
• RE: Yup. Blatant violation of the law and most congregations would agree. Interestingly, the two InvestiGator 8/3/2025 - 10:04 a.m.
• That one chaps my ass * 10EC 8/2/2025 - 5:50 p.m.
• But NOT posting on their individual social media or otherwise (outside of church)? * Golden Gator 8/2/2025 - 4:15 p.m.