Comments on: Between the Dummy and the Derp State

By: rsj

rsj — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 19:02:55 +0000

Severian at founding questions calls it “Do Longin’, baby” He refers to the scene in Apocalypse Now at the Do Long Bridge, and there is no captain, no one in charge, just chaos and every soldier making it up as he goes. That is what the rest of the world has to try and deal with.

By: Robert W

Robert W — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 18:58:14 +0000

Trump the Godzilla alpha is not just hyperbole. He’s penetrated to the very heart of the baseball diamond this weekend. https://x.com/TalkinBaseball_/status/1815131165193298029

As for Brandon’s replacement, needs to do several things:
Fundraise well
Lose gracefully
Be forgettable before the mid terms.

I give you Beto O’Rourke, who is masterful at each of these skills and has no skeletons like Cuomo or Ambitions like Nuisance.

By: Jim S

Jim S — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 14:51:55 +0000

We are lucky to live in interesting times. Almost 35 years ago, the Berlin Wall fell. That was something I thought I would never see in my lifetime. I had just graduated with my undergraduate degree and was working part-time as a bouncer and store security agent (as we were called at Sears & Roebuck-RIP), both were great jobs with fringe benefits of getting into physical altercations (I also played Rugby, so physical contact was SOP). I had grown up with the Cold War, and thought it would continue on. I was wrong, and ruminated about what my future and the future of the world would now bring? Much like today, now an older than dirt Gen Xer, what is going to happen, particularly in regards to my kids? I have no idea as to what will come next? I stopped predicting the future a long time ago. But I still plan for both the worse and best-case scenarios for my family. That’s the best I can do for now. If things go kinectic? It will be interesting.

By: Randale6

Randale6 — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 10:32:04 +0000

Trump must repent of three things, naivete, mercy, and stupidity. If he can do this he can succeed, if he cannot repent of these three sins he is doomed.

By: furor kek tonicus ( when asked to choose between Ginger or MaryAnn, i always say, "Lovey". with a nickname like that, she obviously knows what she's doing )

Sun, 21 Jul 2024 23:50:09 +0000

but Trump hasn’t repented. of anything.
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and this has always been my concern about him; that he might have been installed specifically to induce the more creduluous of cuckservatives to get “vaccinated”. had there been a Democrat administration when they ran the Coronascam, Republicuck rejection of the mRNA poisons would have been near universal. but when they’ve got Trump running interference? yeah, even a majority of MAGA Republicans have proven stupid enough to get a needle in their arm.
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do i think he “faked” his reaction to the bullets? no. i do think that he’s probably game planned this eventuality and considered options as to what he might do in that situation. but game planning a hypothetical is entirely different than standing firm under fire, especially when you’ve just had a supersonic bullet go past your head close enough to clip your ear.
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Trump is easily the best president since Reagan. and Reagan had to deal with a Democrat run Congress. whereas Trump had to deal with a Congress which was nominally Republican, but was actually almost entirely RINO.