The Atlas Asylum of absurd/ignorant posts IX

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I'm pretty sure pulling a fire-alarm is a straight up felony. They are letting him go lightly.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

i proposed a solution a while back - all people of certain incomes/disadvantaged backgrounds should feel free to take anything they need from essential goods stores like target and then the gov simply reimburses target later for the merchandise

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Nolan is only famous because of Batman.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Good to see PA GOP do a decent job this year after the absolute humiliation last year. Hopefully they can flip back the house next year.

Huh? They are on track to lose all of the statewide judicial races.

The only races they are doing well in are the two Allegheny races, which are totally out of context and have their own issues outside of the state.

They improved from 2022 significantly no? Like wasn't the concensus a double digit win for the Dem here?

LMAO absolutely not. And McCaffery will likely do even better than Fetterman by the end of this.

That said, the weakness of the democratic candidate showing an Allegheny county is some cause for concern McCaffrey winning the county by less than 10 points and thus only a couple points better than his Statewide margin is atrocious. Plus zappala, even with his long time and come and see in family name, getting reelected was a bit of a upset

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If Beshear narrowly wins, this poll will have been very accurate.

If Beshear narrowly loses, this poll will have been a total disaster.

If Beshear narrowly wins, the polling industry is in good shape.

If Beshear narrowly loses, the polling industry is officially dead.

If Beshear narrowly wins, I will never make a prediction again.

If Beshear narrowly loses, my predictions are the new gold standard.

If Beshear narrowly wins, Biden should write his concession speech.

If Beshear narrowly loses, Trump should prepare his victory speech.

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You don't believe me, than ask yourself how many nations do recognise Palestina as an independent entity. The answer is almost zero, none in the west. They're not recognised

Wikipedia tells me that 138 nations recognize the state of Palestine

And none that matter (honestly)

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Sounds like we need an Israeli style draft for 18-19 year olds to put in two years of service drug free.

Freedom is not free.

Already dumb but the "we" from an Australian makes it even moreso.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

The funny thing is that if only Trump voters participated in that election weed would have likely passed in 2016. It only failed because it took major hits in counties Hillary Clinton carried.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

No one in the Dutch media has used the word "communism", so I have no idea where you all come from with that. But since you know better, we will continue in Dutch. If you want to know what I'm saying, just make the effort to learn the language. It's not too much to ask. It is apparently what the Dutch also expect from immigrants given their choice. If you are so extremely interested in Dutch politics that you suddenly start talking about "right-wing communists", a term that I have literally never encountered anywhere before reading this thread, then I think you must also be able to speak the language. speak.

Also, DavidB. the title of the thread should be changed to Nov 23. It's already been a year. Yes, it's going fast, I know.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

No one in the Dutch media has used the word "communism", so I have no idea where you all come from with that. But since you know better, we will continue in Dutch. If you want to know what I'm saying, just make the effort to learn the language. It's not too much to ask. It is apparently what the Dutch also expect from immigrants given their choice. If you are so extremely interested in Dutch politics that you suddenly start talking about "right-wing communists", a term that I have literally never encountered anywhere before reading this thread, then I think you must also be able to speak the language. speak.

Also, DavidB. the title of the thread should be changed to Nov 23. It's already been a year. Yes, it's going fast, I know.

If that's the post you pick and think is absurd/ignorant in the thread, than you have poor judgment skills.

Also, i probably should continue to post in dutch, given we're in the era of google translate/chatgpt anyways. I post in dutch, you translate. Seems like a fair deal.

[Cut to Peter Griffin at the Drunken Clam]

Peter: You know, I was trying to follow this Dutch political discussion, but I couldn't understand a word. It's like they're speaking gibberish.

[Cut to a Dutch windmill with subtitles]

Subtitle: "Niemand in de Nederlandse media heeft het woord 'communisme' gebruikt."

Peter: (confused) Communism? Is that like a new Dutch cheese or something?

[Cut to Stewie]

Stewie: Oh, Peter, it's a political ideology, not a cheese. But I must say, their political debates are more baffling than Brian's attempts at quantum physics.

[Cut to Brian scribbling on a chalkboard with complex equations]

Brian: (confused) I just don't get it. It's like they want me to speak Dutch or understand their crazy political terms.

[Cut back to Peter at the Drunken Clam]

Peter: Well, if they want us to understand, maybe they should just teach us Dutch. I mean, I've learned weirder things. Like that time I became a mime... and a sushi chef... at the same time.

[Cutaway ends with Peter juggling invisible sushi rolls while miming a confused expression]

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

But I am seriously dissapointed with this GOP house majority. Santos is expelled, but Ilhan Omar and Jamal Bowman get to walk the halls of Congress. Meanwhile the contents of Hunter's laptop from hell are yet to be released to the American people, and it doesn't look like we will get a Biden impeachment vote anytime soon. Maybe the two parties are just different sides of the same coin, with exceptions like Trump.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Make this easy, US can annex Guayana since so many are trying to come to the US. Solves all problems.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Truman: C
Eisenhower: C
Kennedy: D
LBJ: F
Nixon: D
Ford: C
Carter: D
Reagan: D
HW Bush: B
Bill Clinton: D
George W Bush: F
Barack Obama: D
Donald Trump: A
Joe Biden: D

Is this some kind of joke? You claim to be left-wing.

Left wing and Americna foreign policy

Impossible combination.

The only reason i gave an A and B to someone is because that's how tier lists work, and because Trump didn't lead America to war and America was mostly at peace during Trumps presidency, something few other presidents can claim.

Biden's D is because of Israel and general world tension increase during his presidency and the return to neocon/neolib politics.

I'm anti-neocon/anti-neolib and that's what a left-winger should be. Period.

I definitely am left wing. It's just that the Democratic Party isn't (and neither this forum given how people have treated me). I try to be as unbiased as possible. And during Trump, America wasn't at war (except for wrapping up Afghanistan which both Trump and Biden have done well).

Trump was more succesful in being assertive (diplomatically) and keeping America where it should be: at bay.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

It’s amazing how one kid basically admits he has drank alcohol despite being underage

Why is that amazing?

It’s illegal to drink until you’re 21 so it’s really stunning and really stupid someone admits to doing so on camera . Like first of all you should be waiting till you’re 21 but admitting it on camera is beyond stupid .

So I meant amazing in the more that it was stunning not that it’s  good

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Because of people like you. Yes, this forum. It is rabidly China-hating and jingoistic, to the point that "any act is morally justifiable if it serves American interests" is a celebrated viewpoint. With political activists like you agitating for this view it's no wonder that the political establishment has moved in your direction. I posted on this topic before and while the chance of war between China and USA is lower now than it was then, I stand by the post.

I agree with this statement. There will be a war and the entire responsibility will be on the American side. Why is war between USA and China inevitable? Because of people like you. Yes, this forum. The ceaseless China-hating and warmongering from political activists like you has been heard by the American political establishment and now they pursue increasingly aggressive anti-China policies consistent with this worldview. The worldview that if there is no regime change in China then China should be wiped off the face of the earth. There is a path for China's peaceful development and for China and USA to prosper together but it has been derailed by people like you who have a burning hatred for China and Chinese people.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Read the full quote chain, especially the second post, and then you'll see why the quoted post belongs here:

I don't think anyone is arguing that the parties completely switched, but both parties used to be much more ideologically diverse and have both liberal and conservative factions. There was a robust liberal wing of the GOP that was primarily based in the Northeast, along with a large contingent of conservative Democrats mostly from the South.

Now, most Northeastern liberals are Democrats and most Southern conservatives are Republicans.

The Northeastern Republicans were the ones that could be more reasonably described as “far-right,” insofar as anyone can. The Governor in charge of Attica and the population control report was not a liberal.

No but George Aiken, Bill Cohen, and Lowell Weicker definitely were.

Don't forget Nelson Rockefeller ! The most famous Liberal Republican of all.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

The 2024 election isn't even free and fair.  Anti-democracy leftists are conspiring to keep Trump off the ballot.

Trump is going to be on the ballot in every single state. Even Kagan and KBJ were skeptical of Colorado's arguments to keep him off.

We will see.  Even if SCOTUS makes the right decision and clarifies that Trump is qualified to run (and I believe they will), liberals have still shown their hand as to exactly how far they're willing to go to deny Americans a free and fair election.

This is why 2020 was rigged too.  Not because fake votes were manufactured for Biden, but because powerful left-leaning institutions and the media did everything in their power to delegitimize Trump.  This happened in 2016, too, when the accepted narrative was allowed to be nothing more than a fake Russian collusion conspiracy theory.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I was looking for the comedy goldmine but I guess this is sufficient for the king of all non-sequitur anecdotes

if your business model relies entirely on not paying the people who actually are out there as the face of it and are risking bodily injury while putting in the work, then your business shouldn't exist.

The issue: there are over 1,000 NCAA schools. Less than 25 have profitable athletic departments.

https://www.ncaa.com/schools-index/2

Just looking up one random university, there's a school called Cameron University. A public university in Oklahoma. It has a 21 percent graduation rate.

Probably about 2/3 of those poster's replies are meaningless white noise platitudes, but that one really stands out in its irrelevance and nonsensicality.

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Note that the OP's only problem with DiAngelo is her one-off criticism of Family Guy and not the racial rabble-rousing?

No she's terrible on that too, but plenty of people are. Her condemnation of Family Guy made her stand out to me.

Don't blame her, Family Guy is overrated.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

The Khmer Rouge was seen by the US as preferable to the government it overthrew because the old government was allied with the Soviets and North Vietnam whereas the Khmer Rouge was not.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

The Khmer Rouge was seen by the US as preferable to the government it overthrew because the old government was allied with the Soviets and North Vietnam whereas the Khmer Rouge was not.

I mean that's pretty much a fact, don't know how you can argue with that or think it belongs here. The US policy favoured the Khmer Rouge goverment in exile over the one that the Vietanemese set-up.

The Vietnamese did not set up the government the Khmer Rouge overthrew. Lon Nol was fervently anti-Vietnamese.

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I really don't understand the vitriol towards Schiff. I preferred Porter, but I have no doubt that Schiff will vote virtually the same way on every single major bill that she would have. All of the 3 major Democratic candidates would've made great Senators.

If they had to pick a cringe resist lib, it should've been Ted Lieu. As least he brings some diversity...I'm sorry but white men should not be Senators from California.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

43 + 59 = 112.

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Vladimir Putin has won 88,8% of votes in Moscow with 70,09% of ballots counted.  This is a big turnaround for an area that has traditionally been weak for Putin.

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Our moderation team are filled with zionists who by and large don’t like Arabs or Muslims because they view them as uppity and not democratic hacks. By and large they support US military interventions whenever Democrats do it.

And it’s not just X who has publicly taken the role on the cross, Virginia—descended from anti-soviets—former veteran Texasgurl, and Britain33 are also the ones who have gone publicly to voice the same attitudes. Pretty much the entire mod team has devoted their time to ensuring ideological domination to whatever the Democratic Party establishment believes and use the forum as a political tool. This is evident with their banning policies