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#11

Off the Record / Re: Are we allowed to be happy...

Last post by frunk - Today at 02:16:37 PM

That doesn't sound new at all.  People have been fueled by rage forever, in politics or anything else.

#12

Off the Record / Re: Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-2...

Last post by crazy canuck - Today at 01:43:59 PM

Russia has had ~1500 troops in the Transnistria region of Moldova forever...not much use on their own, but a pro-Putin regime could look to cause a lot of trouble in Ukraine's rear.

Exactly

#13

Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by Jacob - Today at 01:37:19 PM

"The Republican health care crisis" seems on point.

#14

Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by Jacob - Today at 01:35:58 PM

I think that he single-handedly reduced the chances of the military supporting a coup by 98%

Good to hear.

I hope the senior leadership are taking notes and (considered) actions to increase the resilience of the forces against anti-democratic subversion.

Though, I'm sure elements of the MAGA leadership recognize that it is a long term project to get the military to back (or at least not move against) a potential coup.

#15

Off the Record / Re: Are we allowed to be happy...

Last post by Admiral Yi - Today at 01:32:30 PM

Dude. There was a right wing rage machine 40 years ago. I know. I got screamed at by an endless and tiresome series of enraged Republicans in the 1990s for disliking Bill Clinton to a level that was insufficient for them. Like I didn't like Bill but I failed to reach their acceptable level of disliking. And for this crime I was regularly subjected to unhinged screaming sessions.

So stop with the fantasy land shit about how right wing people just started being full of rage.

Dude.  There have been angry people since Adam and Eve were cast out of the Garden of Eden.  The recent difference, IMO, is that people discovered if they let the cause of their anger fester, instead of solving it, and simultaneously invent new things to be outraged about, it can generate positive feelings.  Or at least it's new that this mindset has been mainstreamed into political discourse.

#16

Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by Baron von Schtinkenbutt - Today at 01:31:13 PM

 

#17

Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by HVC - Today at 01:30:04 PM

They only blame 1/16th of him.

I actually misremembered, so they blame 1/8th of me.

#18

Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by Razgovory - Today at 01:21:31 PM

They only blame 1/16th of him.

#19

Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by garbon - Today at 01:15:56 PM

Who do the other 23% blame?

You.

#20

Gaming HQ / Re: The Miscellaneous PC & vid...

Last post by Tamas - Today at 01:13:46 PM

So it seems the PC plan is now £13.50 but when I go to my account they say next time they'll charge me the old 10 pounds. I guess I'll see what happens after that.