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Started by Syt, November 13, 2024, 01:00:21 PM

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Sophie Scholl

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July 07, 2026, 12:02:54 AM Last Edit: July 07, 2026, 12:15:41 AM by Sophie Scholl
Quote from: Razgovory on July 06, 2026, 11:44:24 PMMr. Plattner is now facing rape accusations.  If only there was some sort of red flag, or sign that this might be happen.
Right? What an absolute shit show that is. The Blackwater work was a red flag. The Totenkopf was a huge red flag. The creepy sexting was a red flag. The total lack of prior grassroots efforts was a red flag. The earlier accusations were a red flag. The guy who started his campaign was a red flag. Yet he still had a ton of support and it was growing. You and I don't agree often politically, but I am fully onboard and have been for Platner to disappear.

edit: Actually, we probably agree on a lot politically. Just not your top issue.
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Syt

#1276
July 07, 2026, 12:06:54 AM
So the 250 Years Celebrations came and went. Overall a bit of a damp squib. :unsure:

Though I guess it would be hard to set up a celebration that brings the nation together. Bipartisanship even on such straightforward issues seems well and truly dead. (Not helped by a narcissist in office who has to make everything about him.)
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Crazy_Ivan80

#1277
July 07, 2026, 01:31:43 AM
The US now has 50 years not to fuck it up for the next jubilee

crazy canuck

#1278
July 07, 2026, 09:08:06 AM
Yeah, it's a real shame.  I think I've posted here before about my experience as a boy being in Washington state during the 200th anniversary.  Through those young eyes it was an amazing celebration of fun and joy.  It went a long way to convince me the United States was the best country in the world. And that helped form my views for a couple of decades.

My views have now of course changed, but I think that is more about the United States than about me.
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Valmy

#1279
July 08, 2026, 01:39:59 PM
Platner is dropping out. There is so much time before the election it seems crazy they can't have a special election of some kind but the rules probably forbid it. So will we get that 80 year old lady? Meh.

Quote from: Syt on July 07, 2026, 12:06:54 AMSo the 250 Years Celebrations came and went. Overall a bit of a damp squib. :unsure:

Though I guess it would be hard to set up a celebration that brings the nation together. Bipartisanship even on such straightforward issues seems well and truly dead. (Not helped by a narcissist in office who has to make everything about him.)

I am relieved. I was worried he would make everything about him...and he tried he is just really bad at planning and organizing things.
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Sophie Scholl

#1280
July 08, 2026, 04:25:16 PM
Quote from: Valmy on July 08, 2026, 01:39:59 PMI am relieved. I was worried he would make everything about him...and he tried he is just really bad at planning and organizing things.
Same. I was worried they'd do a lot of destructive things to a lot of places and instead they just... showed their collective incompetence and inherent patheticness. I feel like they might be speedrunning things now and are going to go full-on "loot and pillage" as their sole mo instead of one of their major ones as the midterms draw near and the fallout from them becomes clear.
"Everything that brought you here -- all the things that made you a prisoner of past sins -- they are gone. Forever and for good. So let the past go... and live."

"Somebody, after all, had to make a start. What we wrote and said is also believed by many others. They just don't dare express themselves as we did."

viper37

#1281
July 08, 2026, 08:58:53 PM
Quote from: Valmy on July 08, 2026, 01:39:59 PMPlatner is dropping out. There is so much time before the election it seems crazy they can't have a special election of some kind but the rules probably forbid it. So will we get that 80 year old lady? Meh.
Uncertain.  I saw a video on FB from the Maine Democrats saying they would announce the process once Platner had resigned from the course.

Can't be worst than Kentucky Republicans.
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Valmy

#1282
July 08, 2026, 09:00:58 PM
Hope they have another Primary, plenty of time.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

QuoteAs democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.

H.L. Mencken

viper37

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Today at 01:30:51 PM
I don't do meditation.  I drink alcohol to relax, like normal people.

If Microsoft Excel decided to stop working overnight, the world would practically end.
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