Facebook Follies of Friends and Families

[Tonitrus]

They should have pointed out that one could argue Trump's marriage(s) are so powerful/happy, that he built three families.

[grumbler]

The defense of Trump's lies that someone else told lies is as weak as "the jury was bought off by George Soros" and "their leaders don't practice what they preach." None of their claims excuse Trump's alleged actions.

[Tonitrus]

The defense of Trump's lies that someone else told lies is as weak as "the jury was bought off by George Soros" and "their leaders don't practice what they preach." None of their claims excuse Trump's alleged actions.

And pathetic in that that pretty much describes most Trump-backed GOP candidates (and of course, the man himself).

[Razgovory]

I'm fairly certain the civil trial against Trump was not dismissed.  He lost that trial and had to pay money.

[The Minsky Moment]

Did Joe Biden manage to get out even 30,000 words during his Presidency?  That anyone could understand?

[Zoupa]

It's interesting how religion frequently ends up as the public face of racism and xenophobia in the US.  A hundred years ago they'd be railing against "Papists" or similar, because they didn't want the filthy Irish, Italians, or Poles coming over en masse.  Now it's Muslims and Hindus, while those other groups are "good immigrants" now.  That wave was driven by a lot of "good immigrants" as well.  I remember a political cartoon from that era in one of my high school history textbooks calling out that very hypocrisy back then.

On the subject of "you have to assimilate into your new country", I have noticed that attitude a lot over the years from European immigrants to the US.  I wonder how much of that is imported with them, as my impression of European countries, British Isles notwithstanding, is that they range from hard on to openly hostile to immigrants who don't do this.  They don't seem to get that the US isn't really supposed to work like that, despite the efforts of some groups here to make it so.

I thought the US was a melting pot. Isn't that exactly how it's supposed to work? New additions melt into the pre-existing soup.

[Razgovory]

[Valmy]

I don't understand what this is even a reference to.

[Zoupa]

The total takeover of the Democratic Party by the trotskyist-leninists of the DSA, I guess? Because that's a thing that's happening apparently. At least in Raz's world.

[Razgovory]

The total takeover of the Democratic Party by the trotskyist-leninists of the DSA, I guess? Because that's a thing that's happening apparently. At least in Raz's world.

I don't understand what this is even a reference to.

It's attacking the moderates in the Democratic party.  I was amused by how ignorant it was since the colonists did in fact send a petition to the King of England trying to stave off a war.