US American politics

[Mayhem]

Meal Team Six deployed to defend pool against Algae Queda

[ToTheNines]

https://i.ibb.co/xSdcB78p/algae.jpg

I know this is a joke, but it really is reflective of how the American "left" only rallies around Trump-hatred but couldn't actually pull a decent candidate out of any corner of the country. SAD!

Meal Team Six deployed to defend pool against Algae Queda

Bro take this sh*t back to Blusky

[neatoman]

I had a thought, when the first openly gay president is elected it will probably make news, but what are the odds of the first closeted president already having been in office?

[Andrew NDB]

I had a thought, when the first openly gay president is elected it will probably make news

I think that would be even farther behind than a woman president. If anything, a conservative gay might be more likely to win than a democrat one.

but what are the odds of the first closeted president already having been in office?

I think by the time you go far enough back in time that you might be able to find a possible contender, the world was so different that that just wasn't a thing.

[IMJ]

I had a thought, when the first openly gay president is elected it will probably make news, but what are the odds of the first closeted president already having been in office?

I'm fairly confident that we've already had a closeted President (or two). And it very likely would have been before Obama and his huswife.

[ToTheNines]

I'm fairly confident that we've already had a closeted President (or two). And it very likely would have been before Obama and his huswife.

I don’t believe the Michelle stuff at all, but Obama is definitely half fruity as evidenced by some excerpts of his autobiographies.

JFK had a boyfriend.

Abraham Lincoln… BIG homo.

Eisenhower?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FU7nA86XwAcu0sU.jpg

[ToTheNines]

Wait a minute. Do you have our Andrew mixed up with Andrew Farago?

Yes I obviously am, too many Andrews making TMNT stuff :lol:

Good thing we got this case of mistaken identity cleared up… that boy going to jail!

https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2026/06/22/crime/berkeley-man-taped-party-guests-bathroom-police-say/

[Mayhem]

In the approach for Obama's presidential run, I jokingly, or not, wondered what the order of least worrisome aspect in the eyes of the American voting public would be. I eventually put them in this order (least to worst).

Black
Female
(Openly) gay
Non-Christian

We've ticked off the first, but the public has rejected the second twice. Can't even imagine we will get to the bottom two.

Good thing we got this case of mistaken identity cleared up… that boy going to jail!

https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2026/06/22/crime/berkeley-man-taped-party-guests-bathroom-police-say/
Wow. Not quite as severe as a group of us here involved with one area of retrogaming conventions and charity raising finding out a fairly notable member got jailed for possessing child porn about ten years ago. That was a bit of shock to us all.

[Andrew NDB]

I don’t believe the Michelle stuff at all, but Obama is definitely half fruity as evidenced by some excerpts of his autobiographies.

Oh yeah, I forgot about that stuff.

[ranger_scout]

This is revolting! I wouldn't be surprised if Richard Hatch of Survivor had influence on these people.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/seattle-pride-parade-pandemonium-nude-marchers-prance-streets-front-children

[Andrew NDB]

Throw them all in prison. Adults getting nude in front of children are proud of what, exactly?

[Mayhem]

Don't go to certain German beaches then...!

[CyberCubed]

Are kids allowed in nude beaches in other countries? As far as I know you can't be under 18 in ones in the U.S.

From what I can tell nude beaches really are not worth it. Many people look better with their swimming clothes on, because in real life people are old, ugly or fat or just look like crap. A lot of people just imagine in their minds nude beaches are filled with supermodels or 10/10 women, but from what I can tell that's not the case in real life. You're looking at mostly fat or old people, the two worst kinds of people. Or fat AND old people, which is a double negative!

[Mayhem]

I can’t say I have any reason not to agree with this as someone looking in because it perfectly sums up the US government currently…


Earlier this week the Mayor of New York Zohran Mamdani put out a public information message asking New Yorkers to avoid putting too much stress on the power grid by setting their air con to 78ºF (25.5 ºC) during the heatwave.

There's nothing particularly unusual about this, and multiple Republican cities, administrations, and states have issued similar requests in the past.

Trump's maga cult immediately took offence at this, and set about posting petulant videos of themselves turning their air con down to the coldest settings, to "own the libs", and prove that they're bad little boys that won't do what mummy asks them to.

It's the ultimate manifestation of the psychopathic right wing "no such thing as society" mentality.

Nobody told them they couldn't turn their air con down to the lowest setting. They weren't bravely rebelling against oppressive laws and regulations. All they were doing was wilfully increasing the risk of power supply outages that would have denied everyone air conditioning, purely because someone from the left asked them not to.

The petulant narcissism of the maga cult wasn't particularly surprising, given that they've proven themselves willing to vote and act against their own rational self-interest over and again, purely to spite other people: the liberals; the gays; the "woke mob" ...

What is astonishing is that people within the Trump administration immediately set about deleting federal guidance on air conditioning use during heatwaves, which suggested setting an indoor temperature of 75ºF - 78ºF during the day.

Instead of admitting that Mamdani was right, and acting in accordance with federal guidelines, they quickly deleted the federal guidelines so that they could pretend that it he'd made some kind of unprecedented intervention that amounts to "communist repression"!

How on earth is it a White House priority to delete their own damned heatwave guidance, purely because someone from the left suggested people go along with it?

[Stu_Padasso]

I can’t say I have any reason not to agree with this as someone looking in because it perfectly sums up the US government currently…

https://i.imgflip.com/5ast29.png

Go pay your television license.

[IMJ]

:lol::lol::lol::lol:

[Mayhem]

Go pay your television license.
I have. And it's "licenCe" :P

[ToTheNines]

No it isn’t.

[Stu_Padasso]

No it isn’t.

I believe that there are quite a few spelling differences between the American Mirriam-Webster dictionary and the English Oxford dictionary. Example: color and colour.

But I’ll allow him to think he’s being clever.

[ranger_scout]

Democratic senate candidate Graham Platner is in big trouble now.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5955624-graham-platner-maine-assault-accusation/

[Andrew NDB]

The worst one I've ever seen is "manoeuvre" vs. maneuver. What tf even is that?

[ToTheNines]

The worst one I've ever seen is "manoeuvre" vs. maneuver. What tf even is that?

You know what they call pussy over there?

… “Fanny”! A sick society!

I believe that there are quite a few spelling differences between the American Mirriam-Webster dictionary and the English Oxford dictionary. Example: color and colour.

But I’ll allow him to think he’s being clever.

I was being a prick. It was just the Fourth. Let me bully some Brits lol

[Stu_Padasso]

The worst one I've ever seen is "manoeuvre" vs. maneuver. What tf even is that?

If I didn’t know any better I would have thought it had something to do with a cow’s bowel movement.

I was being a prick. It was just the Fourth. Let me bully some Brits lol

You don’t need to. Just wait until the folks at the World Cup start smuggling in portable AC units and ranch dressing.

[Stu_Padasso]

You know what they call pussy over there?

Keir Starmer?

[member_removed]

Democratic senate candidate Graham Platner is in big trouble now.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5955624-graham-platner-maine-assault-accusation/

Never seemed to hinder Trump's ability to get elected.

[Andrew NDB]

If I didn’t know any better I would have thought it had something to do with a cow’s bowel movement.

Yeah, like fancy manure. Like maybe they feed the cows something special beforehand.

[Mayhem]

The worst one I've ever seen is "manoeuvre" vs. maneuver. What tf even is that?
The word comes from French. We kept the French spelling. You mangled it because you found it too difficult to spell. Same as removing all the As from Latin words such as "caesarian" and "Donald Trump", I mean "paedophile".

You know what they call pussy over there?

… “Fanny”! A sick society!

No, we call it a c***, like certain people as well :P

[ranger_scout]

Bernie Sanders is now telling Graham Platner to drop out.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/jul/07/graham-platner-democrats-senate-maine-trump-nato-us-politics-latest-news-updates

[Mayhem]

All the rumours are flying that Mitch is dead but they won’t say he’s dead until it’s too close to the midterms to have a special election…

[Andrew NDB]

You know what they call pussy over there?


https://i.ibb.co/cKjBNMPG/736921642-122182974350781898-2345927103086813194-n.jpg

[Barkworm]

Americans are absolutely entitled to mock other people's use of the English language after centuries of being mocked as that country in which people believe they speak English.

[IMJ]

Americans are absolutely entitled to mock other people's use of the English language after centuries of being mocked as that country in which people believe they speak English.

You are, in fact, discussing a cross-section of the population as opposed to "Americans". ;)

[ToTheNines]

Keir Starmer?

No, we call it a c***, like certain people as well :P

https://i.ibb.co/cKjBNMPG/736921642-122182974350781898-2345927103086813194-n.jpg

Americans are absolutely entitled to mock other people's use of the English language after centuries of being mocked as that country in which people believe they speak English.

:lol: everyone's on fire today!

[ranger_scout]

Graham Platner has dropped out.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5911043-graham-platner-drops-maine-senate-bid/

[FredWolfLeonardo]

I want to go on holiday to the Islamic Republic of Japan Inshallah.

[Andrew NDB]

Graham Platner has dropped out.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5911043-graham-platner-drops-maine-senate-bid/

lol, yes, the democrats' secret weapon. With a nazi tattoo. I'm kind of surprised he agreed to drop out. Also, it would have been a fun experiment to watch if he hadn't and the clock kept ticking down... pretty sure we would have seen all the democrats that withdrew their support come back around with "wellllll... actually he isn't that bad, you know"/"rapist or not this could mean the end of democracy if we don't vote for him!" or whatever. This pretty much means the republicans will keep the senate at the very least.

[ranger_scout]

Things are also apparently not looking good for Democrats in the U.S. senate race in Michigan.

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5961901-democrats-senate-control-threatened/

[Mayhem]

Unsurprising meme…


https://i.ibb.co/ZRkMGD7D/IMG-4602.jpg

[IMJ]

Unsurprising meme…


https://i.ibb.co/ZRkMGD7D/IMG-4602.jpg

Thank God you leftist clowns have no guiding belief system tied to heaven nor hell. No surprise that you'd try to weaponize though.

[Mayhem]

You do realise not everyone on the left is an atheist and not everyone on the right is a Christian?

[IMJ]

You do realise not everyone on the left is an atheist and not everyone on the right is a Christian?

:lol::lol::lol: Oh I definitely do not need to be lectured on "blanket statements" or absolute-thinking by you.

Nice try. :lol::lol:

[Galactus]

Thank God you leftist clowns have no guiding belief system tied to heaven nor hell. No surprise that you'd try to weaponize though.

To be fair, as a right wing christian surely you'd think Lindsey Graham is going to hell for all that gay sex he's had.

[Mayhem]

To be fair, as a right wing christian surely you'd think Lindsey Graham is going to hell for all that gay sex he's had.
Oh yeah I suspect a whole load of people have forgotten some of those incidents… Grindr stock down 1%.

:lol::lol::lol: Oh I definitely do not need to be lectured on "blanket statements" or absolute-thinking by you.
You also keep assuming I’m left wing, nice try…

[IMJ]

To be fair, as a right wing christian surely you'd think Lindsey Graham is going to hell for all that gay sex he's had.

:lol::lol::lol:

I mean...
I don't know.... are you going to hell for it? Is that a thing?

It would be a very strange division of labor for hell to littered with murderers, rapists and... gay people? The math aint mathing.

[ranger_scout]

The Democrats might need to rethink about candidates with extreme socialism. A viral Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) interview on Fox News where things like abolishing the Senate and prisions as well as replacing the Presidency and Supreme Court are not sitting well with moderates.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5995289-romer-fox-news-interview-blowback/

[IMJ]

The entire Democrat party has been contaminated for years now by the extreme-hyperbolic-doctrines of Hilary Clinton's school-of-thought.

They really need a voice of reason as opposed to a voice of rage-bait for extremists and the self-angry.

[Coola Yagami]

I kinda feel the democrats have to tone down all the wilder woke ideas long enough make it into office and win and then do all the gender things after the fact.

People don't want to admit Kamala being on the side 'that can't even define what a woman is' and 'thinks men can have periods too' cost her the election as much as everything else.

Even if they pick the most charismatic and likeable candidate, the moment they open their mouths about multiple genders, it's all over.

I know it's a smaller issue when compared to more important things that actually affect the economy and such, but there are enough voters out there that will vote for the other side because the gender stuff turns them off enough.

[IMJ]

People don't want to admit Kamala being on the side 'that can't even define what a woman is' and 'thinks men can have periods too' cost her the election as much as everything else.

Can't decide what a woman is as you said, yet want Kamala to be the "first woman president". More evidence that these people are endlessly full of $#!( and disingenuous at every turn.

Hence, the "Hilary Clinton school of thought" when it comes to politics. And a lot of this is deeply rooted in Hilary's wildly liberal college-professor-mentor when she was younger. The lineage-of-insanity that has infected the Democrat party is actually quite fascinating.

To your point about getting into office "first", I will say that it won't matter. The democrat party doesn't believe in their hyperbole anyway. They thought to use it to rile up the average peasant-thinker counting on those votes to get them into office - not because they believe in their platform-of-insanity.

I mean let's be completely honest here - what use are the blue-haired tele-tubby community to the Democrat-party once they hold power? Nothing. There is no incentive for that party to do anything but deliver platitudes-for-votes. It's nothing more than having an archetype-of-their-beliefs in office for the blue-hairs.

[Mayhem]

I know it's a smaller issue when compared to more important things that actually affect the economy and such, but there are enough voters out there that will vote for the other side because the gender stuff turns them off enough.
Quite, sadly. Same as you only voting in someone non white male once in your history…

[Andrew NDB]

I kinda feel the democrats have to tone down all the wilder woke ideas long enough make it into office and win and then do all the gender things after the fact.

lol, that's what they always do. And if they're 60, they publicly say they no longer believe things they said they wanted when they were 56. Like, "I was a totally different person then." Like Kamala previously advocating for taxpayer funds to pay for prison inmates' trans surgeries while in prison.

I know it's a smaller issue when compared to more important things that actually affect the economy and such, but there are enough voters out there that will vote for the other side because the gender stuff turns them off enough.

Largely, see: "parents."

[IMJ]

Quite, sadly. Same as you only voting in someone non white male once in your history…

As a white male yourself you should be ashamed for talking to a hispanic man that way and sit down silently even if his opinion differs from your own. After all, that is your belief-system but you aren't honoring it.

[Mayhem]

Might be the white cucks there but not here heh

[ranger_scout]

What a surprise. Kamala Harris believes in packing the Supreme Court by expanding it to 13 justices.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/31/politics/kamala-harris-supreme-court-expansion

[Andrew NDB]

What a surprise. Kamala Harris believes in packing the Supreme Court by expanding it to 13 justices.

That's a great idea. We can use some more conservative leaning ones right now on there.

[neatoman]

That's a great idea. We can use some more conservative leaning ones right now on there.

Aren't literally two thirds of them appointed by Republicans?

[Mayhem]

Aren't literally two thirds of them appointed by Republicans?
Yep, the “problem” is as soon as any of them act in a supposedly anti Republican way (as opposed to you know, upholding the constitution which is their primary goal) they get screamed at for being traitors :roll:

[IMJ]

Aren't literally two thirds of them appointed by Republicans?

What he's saying is that Kamala's mouth is going to backfire on her. Again.

[ranger_scout]

This judge is insane!

Judge strikes down Texas ban on drag shows, tells people offended by them ‘just don’t go’ (https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/judge-strikes-texas-ban-drag-shows-tells-people-offended-just-dont-go-rcna594448)

Look at what these performers did and made kids do in a show back in 2022!

Dallas protesters show up to 'Drag the kids to pride' family-friendly drag show (https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/dallas-family-friendly-kids-drag-show-mr-misster-protest/287-c7984c66-6141-4690-97b1-ec0b9882b4bb)

[Andrew NDB]

Apparently the UN just did a big "in remembrance" thing honoring a slain Hamas commander? Is that legit?

[IMJ]

This judge is insane!

Judge strikes down Texas ban on drag shows, tells people offended by them ‘just don’t go’ (https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/judge-strikes-texas-ban-drag-shows-tells-people-offended-just-dont-go-rcna594448)

Look at what these performers did and made kids do in a show back in 2022!

Dallas protesters show up to 'Drag the kids to pride' family-friendly drag show (https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/dallas-family-friendly-kids-drag-show-mr-misster-protest/287-c7984c66-6141-4690-97b1-ec0b9882b4bb)

I think it's easy to agree with the judge there, dude. If you aren't into it, just don't go.

But the whole "kids" thing is another story entirely worth examining. But on it's own level? People play dress-up all the time. It's their call.

[ranger_scout]

I think it's easy to agree with the judge there, dude. If you aren't into it, just don't go.

But the whole "kids" thing is another story entirely worth examining. But on it's own level? People play dress-up all the time. It's their call.

This performer at least has common sense. Keep kids away from them.

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[Mayhem]

Depends on the show, totally about content. Pantomime is for everyone. Adult shows aren’t for kids.

[ranger_scout]

James Clyburn is dangerous too.

Clyburn calls for expanding Supreme Court, says ’13 is a pretty good number’ (https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/6059611-clyburn-proposes-scotus-expansion/)

[ranger_scout]

No surprise. Some red state Democrats don't want Kamala Harris to campaign for them.

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/03/kamala-harris-midterms-democrats-01063010

This was her response.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6069383-harris-red-state-democrat-rejections/

[ToTheNines]

https://www.ign.com/articles/white-house-launches-arcadegov-a-minigame-site-where-you-catch-immigrants-build-a-tetris-border-wall-and-fill-your-kids-trump-accounts-with-bitcoin?link_source=ta_first_comment&taid=6a9af92585c0880001c0189c&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Manual&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawUI8V1wZG9mBGV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGY XBwX2lkDzQwOTk2MjYyMzA4NTYwOQABHnMBymN1d4tMJYOFq4A bZ0VPbmGHHtXD1L5HvFXBErjv_Q34soVFFNrZNdSi_aem_n_AD 1uZ2lY2-OZrFiQRjNg

[Barkworm]

I assume this easily fits into IMJ's definition of "clown world".

[IMJ]

I assume this easily fits into IMJ's definition of "clown world".

It's like a car with a magical portal inside and they just keep pouring out..... repopulating the Earth.

[Autbot_Benz]

The government is run by toddlers at this point. Cant believe we got 2 more years of this crap

[Mayhem]

The government is run by toddlers at this point. Cant believe we got 2 more years of this crap
Trump will likely be dead before that point so what happens under Vance will be curious…

[sdp]

https://www.ign.com/articles/white-house-launches-arcadegov-a-minigame-site-where-you-catch-immigrants-build-a-tetris-border-wall-and-fill-your-kids-trump-accounts-with-bitcoin?link_source=ta_first_comment&taid=6a9af92585c0880001c0189c&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Manual&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawUI8V1wZG9mBGV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGY XBwX2lkDzQwOTk2MjYyMzA4NTYwOQABHnMBymN1d4tMJYOFq4A bZ0VPbmGHHtXD1L5HvFXBErjv_Q34soVFFNrZNdSi_aem_n_AD 1uZ2lY2-OZrFiQRjNg

I mean I feel a little bit guilty helping build the wall, but tetris is tetris. It's a fun game, nothing personal.

[ZariusTwo]

https://www.ign.com/articles/white-house-launches-arcadegov-a-minigame-site-where-you-catch-immigrants-build-a-tetris-border-wall-and-fill-your-kids-trump-accounts-with-bitcoin?link_source=ta_first_comment&taid=6a9af92585c0880001c0189c&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Manual&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawUI8V1wZG9mBGV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGY XBwX2lkDzQwOTk2MjYyMzA4NTYwOQABHnMBymN1d4tMJYOFq4A bZ0VPbmGHHtXD1L5HvFXBErjv_Q34soVFFNrZNdSi_aem_n_AD 1uZ2lY2-OZrFiQRjNg

I'm not even MAGA, but this is absolutely Based.

[Mayhem]

I mean I feel a little bit guilty helping build the wall, but tetris is tetris. It's a fun game, nothing personal.
The Tetris company is considering legal action

[Autbot_Benz]

Speaking of clown world the White House Twitter uploaded Ai pics of Trump as a green lantern Superman Mando and James Bond.

This is embarrassing

https://comicbookmovie.com/tv/dc/lanterns/the-white-house-posts-trump-as-green-lantern-hours-before-lanterns-episode-4-a229748

[member_removed]

Speaking of clown world the White House Twitter uploaded Ai pics of Trump as a green lantern Superman Mando and James Bond.

This is embarrassing

https://comicbookmovie.com/tv/dc/lanterns/the-white-house-posts-trump-as-green-lantern-hours-before-lanterns-episode-4-a229748

But inflation is down, fuel prices down, Peace in the middle east, all Epstien Clients are on Death Row and Lake America!

Gotta take the good with bad.

[Andrew NDB]

Speaking of clown world the White House Twitter uploaded Ai pics of Trump as a green lantern Superman Mando and James Bond.

This is embarrassing

https://comicbookmovie.com/tv/dc/lanterns/the-white-house-posts-trump-as-green-lantern-hours-before-lanterns-episode-4-a229748

If you'll like that you'll love the "Legend of Trump" Zelda 64 thing the White House just posted.

[Autbot_Benz]

But inflation is down, fuel prices down, Peace in the middle east, all Epstien Clients are on Death Row and Lake America!

Gotta take the good with bad.

Ya sorry no time for that got a ballroom and an arch to waste taxpayers money on

[Barkworm]

Lots of stuff for the Trumpster to be angry about. First, the supreme court remembered that they are people of the law first, much to the crybaby-in-chief's dismay. Then, the EU is offering Canada some sort of extended partnership that is being framed as an unofficial membership. Trump is not amused. Who would have thought that his annexation fantasies and tariffs would actually sour relations with Canada? As the great diplomat he is, he immediately threatened to impose more tariffs.

I'd say this president is a complete joke but that would be unfair. He is incredibly talented in making ********s of money from this presidency for him and his cronies.

[Mayhem]

I'm amazed and shocked no one has mentioned the re-emergence of Mitch in here. Up to this point he was the only vegetable not to have been recalled in the US, but there he was, being told how to vote. The wheel is spinning but the hamster is most certainly dead.

For all the insults levelled Biden's way towards the end of his term, at least he actually interacted with people and spoke. Mitch has done neither.

[Andrew NDB]

the EU is offering Canada some sort of extended partnership that is being framed as an unofficial membership. Trump is not amused. Who would have thought that his annexation fantasies and tariffs would actually sour relations with Canada?

Horrifying! How will we survive and what will we do here without (or with very expensive) Canadian... eh... Canola oil? What was he thinking jeopardizing that! I remember sitting here in WA, just below Canada, and thinking to myself the other day, "Wow, it was so much better when relations were better with Canada because.......................................uh.. ............."

[Autbot_Benz]

Lots of stuff for the Trumpster to be angry about. First, the supreme court remembered that they are people of the law first, much to the crybaby-in-chief's dismay. Then, the EU is offering Canada some sort of extended partnership that is being framed as an unofficial membership. Trump is not amused. Who would have thought that his annexation fantasies and tariffs would actually sour relations with Canada? As the great diplomat he is, he immediately threatened to impose more tariffs.

I'd say this president is a complete joke but that would be unfair. He is incredibly talented in making ********s of money from this presidency for him and his cronies.

The sooner Trump bites it the sooner everything will be better. This guy should have never gotten a second term. Anyone who voted for him is a ****ing moron

[FredWolfLeonardo]

It was fun to see Kamala lose, but no one is gonna make Democrats more popular than Trump.

The secret plan was to make Trump boost the Democrats all along.

Woke is winning! Mwahhhahahaahhahahaha

[CyberCubed]

Trump will probably die soon but I hope he finishes his term, if only because J.D. Vance as president would be just as bad or worse. Trump has looked sickly for awhile now so I wouldn't be surprised if he drops dead any random day.

He'll be 82 by the time his term finishes so...

[Mayhem]

The good money is on Cankles McTacotits expiring pre end of his term. Unless they do a Weekend at Donnie’s like they are with Rigor Tortoise McConnell…

[CyberCubed]

It's funny that with old people you just kinda wait for them to die. Like when you're in your 80's, any day could be your last. It's like, "Do I wake up today or am I dead already?"

[Barkworm]

Horrifying! How will we survive and what will we do here without (or with very expensive) Canadian... eh... Canola oil? What was he thinking jeopardizing that! I remember sitting here in WA, just below Canada, and thinking to myself the other day, "Wow, it was so much better when relations were better with Canada because.......................................uh.. ............."
Yeah, think for a second. Why does Trump want Canada? Why is his immediate reaction to consider these possible negotiations to be a hostile act and to threaten to impose more tariffs? Because he likes canola oil? Because he is an insecure prick who wants people to believe that he’s in charge (sure, that’s part of it)? Do some research maybe.

It was fun to see Kamala lose, but no one is gonna make Democrats more popular than Trump.
In the Turdsandwich vs Giant Douche system, there‘s really not a lot to look forward to.

[Mayhem]

What does the US import from Canada? Quite a lot

https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/imports/canada

[FredWolfLeonardo]

If you want a good laugh today, go to Laura Loomer's X account and see her meltdown.

This is in reaction to Trump meeting Zohran Mamdani, and its pure comedy gold about an Islamic-Communist Takeover and how the Left is going to win big time.

[ToTheNines]

Jihad will win

[CyberCubed]

Criminals will pay for their crimes.

[Autbot_Benz]

Trump wants his big arch to have drones and snipers on it:lol:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/09/20/trump-says-planned-arch-will-be-military-complex-drones-snipers/

[Andrew NDB]

Trump wants his big arch to have drones and snipers on it:lol:

OK. Pretty good spot for them.

[Mayhem]

Trump launches Trump TV, as all the press pack abandon the White House over the bans. Can you say China/North Korea/Russia style state authorised reporting ahoy? :roll:

[member_removed]

Trump launches Trump TV, as all the press pack abandon the White House over the bans. Can you say China/North Korea/Russia style state authorised reporting ahoy? :roll:

Surely this ban is against the First Amendment?

[Autbot_Benz]

Trump launches Trump TV, as all the press pack abandon the White House over the bans. Can you say China/North Korea/Russia style state authorised reporting ahoy? :roll:

He did say he would be a dictator on day one. One of the only things he didn’t lie about.


Surely this ban is against the First Amendment?

Ya cnn msnow and politico are suing over it as we speak

[member_removed]

OK. Pretty good spot for them.

Think they'll be able to take J6ers from there? Let's all hope it's built before January 2029!!!

President Elect Harris will need that!

[Andrew NDB]

Think they'll be able to take J6ers from there? Let's all hope it's built before January 2029!!!

You mean from all unarmed people (they all were) who were largely let in and shown the way in? I'd hope not. I'd hope they'd just revisit basic security protocols like the ones Trump wanted Pelosi to bring in at the time. Normal people can see how badly the left NEEDED a J6 for how much they cling to it still like a holy day. A "day" (it was what, 2 hours?) where 1 person died and it was one of the unarmed people let in there. Was there ruckus? Sure. Now imagine what leftist protesters, the ones you see daily, would do in a day if they were actually openly invited and let into any largely republican offices fresh out of their protests.

[member_removed]

You mean from all unarmed people (they all were) who were “largely” let in and shown the way in?
So please explain the breech points? There were broken windows! There were obvious signs of forced entry.


I'd hope not. I'd hope they'd just revisit basic security protocols
Ok, I can agree on that.
like the ones Trump wanted Pelosi to bring in at the time.
Yet it still took Trump 187 minutes to do anything either, you conveniently forgot that.

Normal people can see how badly the left NEEDED a J6 for how much they cling to it still like a holy day. A "day" (it was what, 2 hours?) where 1 person died and it was one of the unarmed people let in there. Was there ruckus? Sure.
So only 2 hours (remember it took Trump 187 minutes, that’s 3 hours and 7 minutes) to ask for calm.

Now imagine what leftist protesters, the ones you see daily, would do in a day if they were actually openly invited and let into any largely republican offices fresh out of their protests.
I don’t have too, the left accepted the result and there was no protest come Jan 2025. Which I’m sure has left plenty of sand in some MAGA vaginas

[Barkworm]

The ‘Just one person died!‘ argument is horrifying. What kind of mindset is behind that? How many people have to die at this kind of thing before it‘s serious? Three? Thirty? If it had been a relative of yours, would it have been different?

[FredWolfLeonardo]

The ‘Just one person died!‘ argument is horrifying. What kind of mindset is behind that? How many people have to die at this kind of thing before it‘s serious? Three? Thirty? If it had been a relative of yours, would it have been different?

Even when I thought 2020 was stolen, I still thought that one death was unacceptable. However, I've long since accepted that 2020 was Legit and January 6th was evil and wrong.

The Trump Cult is truly revolting. The only way to break out of Trump's false conspiracies is to see the real conspiracies behind propping up Trump.

There has been an active effort by powerful people like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerburg to get support for the Trump Cult and it's worked, particularly on many older folk.

[ZariusTwo]

Most young lefties become right wing when they're older. :lol:

(I'm no Trump cultist btw, I just know both left and right aren't anyone's friend and never will be, both contribute massive problems to the world that will never be fixed)

[Prowler]

Most young lefties become right wing when they're older. :lol:

(I'm no Trump cultist btw, I just know both left and right aren't anyone's friend and never will be, both contribute massive problems to the world that will never be fixed)
I'm not sure about that. Keep in mind there's lots of young people who are far-right or close to it as well.

I believe most youngsters who are rather radical when they're teenagers and young adults just shift more to the center as they grow up.

Yes, you're right about that. I think the reason why we see people getting more extreme, one way or the other, is because the traditional center-left and center-right parties haven't managed to solve the issues that affect our countries nowadays since the 2007 global crisis. Housing market, inflation, high immigration without criteria, etc. So people turn to the populist radical parties as a response. It's frustrating.

[IMJ]

I'm not sure about that. Keep in mind there's lots of young people who are far-right or close to it as well.

I believe most youngsters who are rather radical when they're teenagers and young adults just shift more to the center as they grow up.

Yes, you're right about that. I think the reason why we see people getting more extreme, one way or the other, is because the traditional center-left and center-right parties haven't managed to solve the issues that affect our countries nowadays since the 2007 global crisis. Housing market, inflation, high immigration without criteria, etc. So people turn to the populist radical parties as a response. It's frustrating.

I think Zarius is right.... being a leftist is something that most normal people grow out of. Only the most obtuse people, often with some kind of issues stick with it.

"Liberalism" sounds great on paper and it's basic premises stick to young brains as "the obvious and clear way" because of super-basic-thinking. But then most normal people become wiser and more experienced and they realize that the tenets of liberalism are actually better served under conditions where each person can create their own dreams as opposed to having constant "paid for programs do it for you". In short, most of what we call "liberalism" nowadays is for people who can't get beyond their high-school-level rejections and demand "justice" for their "slights". In super short - most Liberals are basically Loki taking on Thor.

[ZariusTwo]

I'm not sure about that. Keep in mind there's lots of young people who are far-right or close to it as well.

Very true also, young people tend to course correct a number of times depending on how they read the electoral room.

I remember I was very righteously right after 9/11 despite not even living in the country, then about two years later I opposed the Iraq war because Michael Moore told me to, I absorbed all that liberal whining thinking it would usher in the next democratic revolution...and it didn't stop Bush securing a second term, so all that buzz for me died and everyone stopped caring for a number of years.

Obviously people cared when Obama became President because it was a glass ceiling break, and I enjoyed his Presidency. My favourite Presidencies are actually the Clinton and Obama administrations, but I wasn't paying as much attention to either (and the Clinton affair was a source of great playground amusement for me), I know my brother hated Obama but wasn't sure why.

I remember not liking Hilary's campaign due to the online noise from feminists and how generally unpleasant Hilary was, THAT's what really soured me on the democrats. I was still annoyed Trump won but I was watching largely for the pleasure of watching the fems get owned. It was a circus to me, not reality.

The Dems could have easily secured two terms total but they demonstrated how out of touch they were across just four years with senile Biden and their loyalists obsessing so much over what the right wing was doing...and doing nothing to hold it in check. In the 2000s, the right got hammered for "9/11 was bad" but in the 2020s the dems let the last couple of years happen by just making "everything is bad" their campaign slogan and offering no new fixes...because they don't fix anything, their job is to clean the s*it up and spend more time doing that than anything else, so people get bored and vote in the people who s*it the bed again because at least things still happen when they do.

[Prowler]

Very true also, young people tend to course correct a number of times depending on how they read the electoral room.

I remember I was very righteously right after 9/11 despite not even living in the country, then about two years later I opposed the Iraq war because Michael Moore told me to, I absorbed all that liberal whining thinking it would usher in the next democratic revolution...and it didn't stop Bush securing a second term, so all that buzz for me died and everyone stopped caring for a number of years.

Obviously people cared when Obama became President because it was a glass ceiling break, and I enjoyed his Presidency. My favourite Presidencies are actually the Clinton and Obama administrations, but I wasn't paying as much attention to either (and the Clinton affair was a source of great playground amusement for me), I know my brother hated Obama but wasn't sure why.

I remember not liking Hilary's campaign due to the online noise from feminists and how generally unpleasant Hilary was, THAT's what really soured me on the democrats. I was still annoyed Trump won but I was watching largely for the pleasure of watching the fems get owned. It was a circus to me, not reality.

The Dems could have easily secured two terms total but they demonstrated how out of touch they were across just four years with senile Biden and their loyalists obsessing so much over what the right wing was doing...and doing nothing to hold it in check. In the 2000s, the right got hammered for "9/11 was bad" but in the 2020s the dems let the last couple of years happen by just making "everything is bad" their campaign slogan and offering no new fixes...because they don't fix anything, their job is to clean the s*it up and spend more time doing that than anything else, so people get bored and vote in the people who s*it the bed again because at least things still happen when they do.

You were pretty invested in American politics for a British guy, damn :lol:

The only thing I care about when it comes to American politics, is the foreign policy of their current president. I disliked Bush a lot too and considered the Iraqi War a stupid war based on lies about supposed WMDs.

As for Obama, he bombed a lot of countries, so he was no saint either and I dunno why so many Europeans loved him. Because he was a good public speaker? Really? And the fact the Americans who voted for Obama and loved him also seemed to ignore the fact he bombed like 7 different countries and deported more people than any other previous US president also soured me on him.

Trump is a clown. I barely remember Biden anymore, tbh. And he was president just a couple of years ago

[ZariusTwo]

As for Obama, he bombed a lot of countries, so he was no saint either and I dunno why so many Europeans loved him. Because he was a good public speaker? Really?

Think I might have liked him because of that, yeah, felt very 'down with the kids' (back when those kids seemed cool to me at the time)

[FredWolfLeonardo]

You were pretty invested in American politics for a British guy, damn :lol:

The only thing I care about when it comes to American politics, is the foreign policy of their current president. I disliked Bush a lot too and considered the Iraqi War a stupid war based on lies about supposed WMDs.

As for Obama, he bombed a lot of countries, so he was no saint either and I dunno why so many Europeans loved him. Because he was a good public speaker? Really? And the fact the Americans who voted for Obama and loved him also seemed to ignore the fact he bombed like 7 different countries and deported more people than any other previous US president also soured me on him.

Trump is a clown. I barely remember Biden anymore, tbh. And he was president just a couple of years ago

Not to defend Obama for his bombings, but I guess people were just that burned out by Republicians and their constant War-Mongering by 2008 that Obama looked great in comparison.

I think 2028 will be similar.

[Mayhem]

You mean from all unarmed people (they all were)
Unarmed to me doesn't just mean guns, it means nothing at all in their hands. I think we can agree to disagree there.

Most young lefties become right wing when they're older. :lol:
Stats since the turn of the century are showing otherwise, less of the young are moving right as they get older.

[ZariusTwo]

Not to defend Obama for his bombings, but I guess people were just that burned out by Republicians and their constant War-Mongering by 2008 that Obama looked great in comparison.

I think 2028 will be similar.

Mid-terms and '28 will be where the perception will shift to "sanity' prevails/national nightmare is over" but in reality the Dems will be so tied up in 'red' tape and clean up that they won't get anything of their own done, and they'll probably still get involved in conflicts and sour their voters.

Stats since the turn of the century are showing otherwise, less of the young are moving right as they get older.

Stats of where? The country? 'Cause it's not really the case outside of it. There is a massive right wing movement where we are right now that may sweep the elections, despite everything being thrown at them to try and derail it.

People are in love with the IDEA of the left, but they eventually find that reality never matches it. They either turn right or they realize, like I did, that neither left or right are the answer.

[Barkworm]

At least in our recent elections you can clearly see that young people (18-25) are voting either far right or far left. The center is getting destroyed in between but it‘s their own fault for being too wishy-washy with their messages and policies.

[ZariusTwo]

Trump still denying press access, and defying the courts

https://deadline.com/2026/09/trump-white-house-ban-judge-order-1237112390/

[TylerD]

At least in our recent elections you can clearly see that young people (18-25) are voting either far right or far left. The center is getting destroyed in between but it‘s their own fault for being too wishy-washy with their messages and policies.

Same here in Canada. I am generally a right wing conservative, but I do think Trump is crazy at times. One thing I like about him is he called the liberals out here for letting in unlimited refugees. Dumb ass Trudeau thinking there wouldn’t be a price to pay.

Now Carney had to cut quite a few jobs with the federal government (I work for the federal government, luckily I’m safe) to claw some of that money back. Trudeau was a complete and utter moron

[sdp]

Where is the EU European Politics thread

[ZariusTwo]

Where is the EU European Politics thread

We don't have enough members telling us how 'great' Reform is every thirty minutes.:lol::P

[oldmanwinters]

I was gonna post this over in the "Germany declares... sorta (https://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=57258)" thread but all you knuckleheads already got it locked due to obscene tags!
https://i.imgur.com/dj62MOQl.jpg

[TylerD]

I was gonna post this over in the "Germany declares... sorta (https://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=57258)" thread but all you knuckleheads already got it locked due to obscene tags!
https://i.imgur.com/dj62MOQl.jpg

Just strutting those hips like nobody’s business LOL

[Andrew NDB]

I was gonna post this over in the "Germany declares... sorta (https://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=57258)" thread but all you knuckleheads already got it locked due to obscene tags!
https://i.imgur.com/dj62MOQl.jpg

Was it the tags that did it?

[oldmanwinters]

Was it the tags that did it?

That was just the last thing I remembered when I looked at it last. Sounds like y'all got really bonkers judging by some of the other threads on the fallout!

[ranger_scout]

This Democrat representative wants to abolish the Department on Homeland Security.

https://x.com/ron65169/status/2103111103236407662?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5 Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2103111103236407662%7Ctwgr% 5Eae8ea74b067027b42ec55b5d0d01acd1a0a5a257%7Ctwcon %5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftownhall.com%2Fnews%2Famy-curtis%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fdelia-ramirez-abolish-ice-n2683522

[Andrew NDB]

This Democrat representative wants to abolish the Department on Homeland Security.

https://x.com/ron65169/status/2103111103236407662?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5 Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2103111103236407662%7Ctwgr% 5Eae8ea74b067027b42ec55b5d0d01acd1a0a5a257%7Ctwcon %5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftownhall.com%2Fnews%2Famy-curtis%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fdelia-ramirez-abolish-ice-n2683522

Of course, they pretty much all do. Get rid of Homeland Security, get rid of all border enforcement, get rid of it all to replace it with nothing.

[ZariusTwo]

When looking up posts dating back to the 2000s from members who haven't posted in 20 years, I found some pretty cringe argumentitive comments of mine from around 2003 where I was calling George Bush a war criminal and condeming his butchery...but then saying I supported the Iraq war effort.

How did that make any sense in my autistic brain?:o

[ToTheNines]

The propaganda was working. You certainly weren’t alone.

[Coola Yagami]

When looking up posts dating back to the 2000s from members who haven't posted in 20 years, I found some pretty cringe argumentitive comments of mine from around 2003 where I was calling George Bush a war criminal and condoning his butchery...but then saying I supported the Iraq war effort.

How did that make any sense in my autistic brain?:o

eh when all the Trump stuff is said and done, there'll be a lot of people (hopefully) looking back asking themselves how they were that stupid to vote for him three times.

[Andrew NDB]

eh when all the Trump stuff is said and done, there'll be a lot of people (hopefully) looking back asking themselves how they were that stupid to vote for him three times.

No there won't.

[ToTheNines]

Yeah, I think Andrew is right. Pin this post.

Roughly 10 years from now, libs will be fawning over Trump because he's a choclatier or some gay **** and screeching about how the then-current Republican nominee is Literally Hitler and saying stuff like "Wow, we thought Trump was bad but even HE would never do stuff like this!"

[Mayhem]

Roughly 10 years from now, libs will be fawning over Trump because he's a choclatier or some gay **** and screeching about how the then-current Republican nominee is Literally Hitler and saying stuff like "Wow, we thought Trump was bad but even HE would never do stuff like this!"
People did that comparing Dubya to Trump already in 2016...

[ToTheNines]

And they'll keep doing it lol.

Just like how 2028, 2032, 2036, etc. will all be THE MOST IMPORTANT ELECITON OF OUR LIFETIMES!

[Prowler]

When looking up posts dating back to the 2000s from members who haven't posted in 20 years, I found some pretty cringe argumentitive comments of mine from around 2003 where I was calling George Bush a war criminal and condeming his butchery...but then saying I supported the Iraq war effort.

How did that make any sense in my autistic brain?:o
How old were you even back in 2003? I was 12/13 at the time. Feels like it was in a different lifetime by now...

[Autbot_Benz]

eh when all the Trump stuff is said and done, there'll be a lot of people (hopefully) looking back asking themselves how they were that stupid to vote for him three times.

Renee goods mom voted for Trump and welp.

[CyberCubed]

I doubt there will be any redemption arc for Trump in history decades from now. George W. Bush only got away with it due to America being attacked, Hussein being captured/killed, and then Obama catching Osama Bin Laden later and him being killed. Still, a lot of the blame for the Iraq invasion can be placed on the people around him.

Bush was definitely still hated well into Obama's presidency, it only died down since Trump came around. That and the younger Gen-Z kids were just babies when Bush was president, and now that they're online they were too young to realize what was happening back then.

[ZariusTwo]

How old were you even back in 2003? I was 12/13 at the time. Feels like it was in a different lifetime by now...

I was about 21, but I acted like I was 12/13. I'd just come out of a special programme at College and thrusted into 'proper' classes.

[Mayhem]

Stats of where? The country? 'Cause it's not really the case outside of it. There is a massive right wing movement where we are right now that may sweep the elections, despite everything being thrown at them to try and derail it.
I happened to stumble on the graphic I saw that led me to post about millennials not moving right as they get older, so here you are (sources and study link at the bottom)


https://i.ibb.co/CrRyb8w/IMG-4892.jpg

[ZariusTwo]

I happened to stumble on the graphic I saw that led me to post about millennials not moving right as they get older, so here you are (sources and study link at the bottom)


https://i.ibb.co/CrRyb8w/IMG-4892.jpg

Ah, I see, thanks for the sources

[IndigoErth]

Yeah, I think Andrew is right. Pin this post.

Roughly 10 years from now, libs will be fawning over Trump because he's a choclatier or some gay **** and screeching about how the then-current Republican nominee is Literally Hitler and saying stuff like "Wow, we thought Trump was bad but even HE would never do stuff like this!"

People did that comparing Dubya to Trump already in 2016...

Though the comparison was largely because Bush seemed like kind of an idiot. Not necessarily bad intentioned, and I never believed him to be when he was in office, but like a C- student who slept through some parts of class wrongly being made valedictorian.

Trump though... the bad intentions and disregard for the people is just fully out loud at this point. If anyone in power in the future is ever considered worse than him, then just close up the U.S. and turn off the lights, it's done. There really isn't much Trump wouldn't do if it benefited him or favored his ego to do it. If anything is even worse, then the people gave up and allowed it to cross the line that Trump kept pushing it to and trying to cross.

[Stu_Padasso]

I happened to stumble on the graphic I saw that led me to post about millennials not moving right as they get older, so here you are (sources and study link at the bottom)


https://i.ibb.co/CrRyb8w/IMG-4892.jpg



How do they define right wing? There are a lot of people that could be described as classical live and let live liberals that are hawkish on things like borders and immigration. It’s not the 1980’s or 90’s anymore. There are plenty of Republicans who are chill with gay marriage, pot, porn, and prostitution.

There are plenty of people who want to want to protect their pot farms with belt-fed .50 caliber machine-guns with their same-sex partner while not worrying about literal boatloads of immigrants who marry their own eight year old niece.

Whose ideological purity test do we have to pass? Yours?

Though the comparison was largely because Bush seemed like kind of an idiot. Not necessarily bad intentioned, and I never believed him to be when he was in office, but like a C- student who slept through some parts of class wrongly being made valedictorian.


The Fredo Corleone from the Godfather. Living under his father’s shadow. Little wonder why he’s been hanging around his ranch in Texas. Wants away from it.

[Mayhem]

How do they define right wing?
Note it says "vote", so the polling places based on the party of the candidates in question. Oh I agree about your analysis, but Republican voters on the whole are a lot more right wing than Democrats.

Thing is, in the next election here they will have to expand that to the likes of Reform and Restore, not just the Conversatives to keep the correlation accurate.

[ZariusTwo]

Russia has a plague crisis on it's hands, White House said to be monitoring

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/05/suspected-plague-cases-reported-in-russias-irkutsk-region.html

[TylerD]

Russia has a plague crisis on it's hands, White House said to be monitoring

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/05/suspected-plague-cases-reported-in-russias-irkutsk-region.html

I heard about that. Wtf..: that is scary. I think of Stephen Kings The Stand when I hear this. lol

[ZariusTwo]

Executions on TV!

Will they play us out with "Fancy Lady?" (Chris Morris fans will get that one)

https://www.axios.com/2026/10/08/hegseth-nidal-hasan-firing-squad-public-tv

[Mayhem]

We’ve been saying for years that Brass Eye is no longer satirical…

[ranger_scout]

It's very disappointing to be living in the state of Texas right now. The seante race has Ken Paxton, a crooked man, and James Talarico, someone who believes that God is nonbinary and that there are six kinds of genders. I wish John Cornyn was up for re-election.

There is a rumor going on that the reason why Talarico hasn't been seen on the campain trail in the last two weeks that he checked into a mental health facitily after having a serious mental breakdown. If this is true, then he's not fit to be in office.

https://wjla.com/news/nation-world/spencer-pratt-says-he-was-told-democratic-candidate-talarico-is-in-mental-health-facility-ken-paxton-social-media

[Andrew NDB]

Executions on TV!

I don't really understand the fervor against them. If you really want to watch one, why not? Within a few clicks you can see the latest cartel beheadings in Mexico (well, sometimes, before the left managed to successfully scrub 90% of them from the internet... I wonder why!), or tire burnings in Africa, or soldiers skewering soldiers in Ukraine if you really want to.

And these are criminals having done crimes bad enough that they've been judged as deserving enough to die that have probably spent 20, maybe 30 years on death row going through appeals to try and find any way to get out of it. But yeah, pretty much exclusively murderers, not guys that did tax evasion or robbed a bank. Is the idea that we should be super sad for their privacy at the end?

[FredWolfLeonardo]

What do y'all think of Trump saying Zelensky must go and buying Russian oil now?

He's truly an immoral scumbag, isn't he?

[Andrew NDB]

What do y'all think of Trump saying Zelensky must go and buying Russian oil now?

He can or he can't, who cares?

[FredWolfLeonardo]

He can or he can't, who cares?

People who care about Ukraine.

[Mayhem]

Sold his soul for 30 million barrels of oil. Truly Trump is a Putin asset. Just to get the price down before the midterms.

[ToTheNines]

https://i.imgflip.com/7oycv9.jpg

[Autbot_Benz]

Sold his soul for 30 million barrels of oil. Truly Trump is a Putin asset. Just to get the price down before the midterms.

Trump would blow Putin let’s be real here :lol:

[member_removed]

I don't really understand the fervor against them. If you really want to watch one, why not? Within a few clicks you can see the latest cartel beheadings in Mexico (well, sometimes, before the left managed to successfully scrub 90% of them from the internet... I wonder why!), or tire burnings in Africa, or soldiers skewering soldiers in Ukraine if you really want to.

And these are criminals having done crimes bad enough that they've been judged as deserving enough to die that have probably spent 20, maybe 30 years on death row going through appeals to try and find any way to get out of it. But yeah, pretty much exclusively murderers, not guys that did tax evasion or robbed a bank. Is the idea that we should be super sad for their privacy at the end?

Why would the left want that, please legit answer!

All the ****ing pearl clutching from the right about drag shows! Public executions, well that's alright then.

They key point of your own argument is "if you really want to". Well that's on the individuals own personal interest if they think that's good valued entertainment. Enjoy the popcorn.

This could elevate this individual to martyr status with these ISIS types.

Look I'm not against the death penalty, if the US military wants him dead, so be it. Kill him, put him in an unmarked grave. No need to sensationalize this episode.

If this a public execution they should get Hegeseth to pull the trigger or at least throw some axes at him.

He can or he can't, who cares?

Because Putin is an ally of the regime your great leader is currently at war with (that's Iran).

"Another way to think about Trump announcement [on Friday]: If he increased US diesel imports from Canada by 4%, he would gain as much fuel as from this Russia deal. But the Canadians are global super-villains, so who wants to buy from them when you could enrich Putin instead?"
~ David Frum, The Atlantic Contributor, reacting to Trump lifting Russian diesel sanctions

Take a look around once in while! Follow the money.

[FredWolfLeonardo]

https://i.imgflip.com/7oycv9.jpg

Where did yoy find this real life picture of me? :o:o:o

[ranger_scout]

Democrats are extremely unpopular with Jewish voters in New York right now.

https://x.com/ForecasterEnten/status/2110420106815647951?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5 Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2110420106815647951%7Ctwgr% 5E5e4ae3b008c4d53578d5e384bc6f82d6aecd0d36%7Ctwcon %5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Ft%2Fasse ts%2Fhtml%2Ftweet-5.html2110420106815647951

[Andrew NDB]

Democrats are extremely unpopular with Jewish voters in New York right now.

https://x.com/ForecasterEnten/status/2110420106815647951?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5 Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2110420106815647951%7Ctwgr% 5E5e4ae3b008c4d53578d5e384bc6f82d6aecd0d36%7Ctwcon %5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Ft%2Fasse ts%2Fhtml%2Ftweet-5.html2110420106815647951

I would sure hope so.

[FredWolfLeonardo]

Executions on TV!

Will they play us out with "Fancy Lady?" (Chris Morris fans will get that one)

https://www.axios.com/2026/10/08/hegseth-nidal-hasan-firing-squad-public-tv

The execution livestream has been cancelled.

[Barkworm]

What a gross idea that was. But it it's all about generating ragebait so, mission accomplished, I guess.

[Andrew NDB]

So horrible. Everyone would be forced to watch an execution of a murderer! We'd all be forced, right?

[FredWolfLeonardo]

So horrible. Everyone would be forced to watch an execution of a murderer! We'd all be forced, right?

I guess you have no one but Trump to blame.

[member_removed]

So horrible. Everyone would be forced to watch an execution of a murderer! We'd all be forced, right?

Just the radical leftists who want to force Drag Queens on everyone, right?

[Andrew NDB]

Just the radical leftists want force Drag Queens on everyone, right?

Just children to normalize degeneracy and LGBTQ stuff early, apparently. You don't see many drag shows going on in nursing homes or anything.

[member_removed]

Just children to normalize degeneracy and LGBTQ stuff early, apparently. You don't see many drag shows going on in nursing homes or anything.

Nice try, try a quick google search next time.

https://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/2018/06/drag_show_comes_to_a_retiremen.html

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-28/drag-queens-in-aged-care-brighten-lives-of-residents/10169978

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/two-drag-queens-moved-into-a-nursing-home-and-brought-joy-with-them-watch/

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/what-happened-drag-queen-visited-5628660

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photos-NYC-Drag-Queens-Sing-Showtunes-To-Seniors-at-Inspr-Carnegie-Hill-20230702

You just don't hear about because it's too hard for Fox news to sensationalize.

[Barkworm]

I don't know how many times Andrew has posted about watching videos in which people get killed. Seems a bit like an unhealthy thing to do, no?

[Mayhem]

Pantomime is a right of passage for kids in the UK. Always has a panto dame. Didn’t make us all gay. Like how playing Pac-Man didn’t make us run around mazes and eat pills. The hypocrisy of the American culture, guns and violence are fine, but think of the kids when it comes to a bit of swearing and cross dressing! :roll:

[Andrew NDB]

I don't know how many times Andrew has posted about watching videos in which people get killed. Seems a bit like an unhealthy thing to do, no?

Sadly, I am not blessed with Germany's purity. I'm just an a**hole.

[Barkworm]

Ugh, don't always make it about "nations". Just makes you look insecure.

[ToTheNines]

To be fair, Mayhem did the exact same thing in the post right before that. (The UK is high key one of the most evil and perverted societies in the history of the world.)

[Barkworm]

(The UK is high key one of the most evil and perverted societies in the history of the world.)

Sure, but so is the US, Germany, France, Australia etc. etc. No one here or anywhere is their stupid country. If you're an asshole, that's on you.

[sdp]

Like how playing Pac-Man didn’t make us run around mazes and eat pills

Speak for yourself.

[Mayhem]

The execution livestream has been cancelled.
I dunno, the Miami Dolphins have been live broadcasting an execution for the last five Sundays…

[ZariusTwo]

The UK is high key one of the most evil and perverted societies in the history of the world.)

The amount of us brits who still watch BBC Television for news, current affairs and entertainment when almost everyone who's ever worked for them are total nonces and rapists will never stop being tragic. Hell another one of them is on trial at the moment.

[Coola Yagami]

So black MAGA influencer Thelma Louise was asked to leave a Ken Paxton campaign event in Texas and she's too stupid to understand why. Bitch, you black, they don't want you. They might want your vote and influence but they don't actually want you around them.

The literal only black woman in the room and she's still in denial and full MAGA. There's no helping these people.

[Andrew NDB]

What's more likely? That Ken Paxton and his staff are openly racist and wanted to signal that out to the world to evict a black woman (who wasn't the only black person there) on camera... or what is suggested, that she was mistaken for a known agitator?

Which, admittedly, isn't very good either for obvious reasons.

[Barkworm]

With all the important things happening between the US and Russia right now, it‘s always surprising what kind of seemingly irrelevant news is brought up here.

[Andrew NDB]

Any thoughts about what's going to happen to Ilhan Nur Said Elmi?

With all the important things happening between the US and Russia right now, it‘s always surprising what kind of seemingly irrelevant news is brought up here.

Not that surprising. Is anyone all that surprised we won't just send Ukraine all the weapons and money they want in perpetuity when they're not serious about conceding ANY land (which is really the only way peace is going to happen)?

[FredWolfLeonardo]

Not that surprising. Is anyone all that surprised we won't just send Ukraine all the weapons and money they want in perpetuity when they're not serious about conceding ANY land (which is really the only way peace is going to happen)?

There is nothing peaceful about allowing Russia to keep what they have illegally invaded.

And Russia won't stop at Ukraine.

[Barkworm]

This 'strategy' is also Trump's last-ditch effort to shift the blame to someone else for ruining gas prices everywhere. It's not about Ukraine at all.

[Andrew NDB]

There is nothing peaceful about allowing Russia to keep what they have illegally invaded.

And Russia won't stop at Ukraine.

So what do we do? All attack Russia? Is that your bright idea?

[FredWolfLeonardo]

So what do we do? All attack Russia? Is that your bright idea?

Don't fuel Russia's war machine, sanction them extensively for their genocidal war crimes and provide humanitarian and military aid to Ukraine.

Ukraine had been making progress against Russia on the battlefield. America funding Russia was just a bad idea all around, the work of a president who only cares about money, not morality.

[Coola Yagami]

What's more likely? That Ken Paxton and his staff are openly racist and wanted to signal that out to the world to evict a black woman (who wasn't the only black person there) on camera... or what is suggested, that she was mistaken for a known agitator?

Which, admittedly, isn't very good either for obvious reasons.

What's more likely is she went without her MAGA hat so they didn't know she was 'one of the good ones'.

[Barkworm]

So what do we do? All attack Russia? Is that your bright idea?

That's no one's bright idea. Your favourite president's bright idea is to urge Europe to lift sanctions on Russia so that gas prices go down and he can avert the not unlikely crushing mid-term defeat next week. That's why he's - once again - trying to throw Ukraine under the bus.

[Andrew NDB]

I'm not sure exerting pressure on, yes, Ukraine is the worst thing to do. Give them an idea that maybe, just maybe this can't continue forever (particularly on our dime) and they aren't going to "Win" this war and that Zelensky needs to start thinking about a real compromise and, as such, a way out. It sucks and its shi**y but what's the alternative? If we're not willing to entertain joining the battle against Russia -- and by no means should we, or anyone else -- then we're just throwing around platitudes.

Unless you honestly think:

* With enough time, and basic military aid, Ukraine WILL defeat all of Russia. Like maybe in 2060, if we just keep sending the hardware and money.

* If we give Ukraine SUPER military aid, above and beyond, that Russia isn't prepared to drag whoever does that into their own crosshairs. And where that quagmire goes.

* Putin will just give up and say, "OK, good game. Well fought. We're done now."

And all 3 of those are insane. Whatever ends this more sooner than later will save potentially thousands or hundreds of thousands of lives or more in the long run.

[Barkworm]

I don't disagree with that but the point was why Trump is acting the way he is RIGHT NOW. Ukraine is not to blame for higher oil prices.

[Andrew NDB]

I don't disagree with that but the point was why Trump is acting the way he is RIGHT NOW. Ukraine is not to blame for higher oil prices.

I'm sorry, but the left (and I apologize if I'm lumping you into what is BASICALLY the left of my country, but I don't think you disagree from them terribly much?) crying about higher oil prices is pretty laughable when one of the first things Biden did was shut down the Keystone Pipeline, and make it clear that drilling was done and going away. And the way oil prices work is based on investments... as in, "Do we think this is going to pay off long-term here or there?" And Biden did everything he did to hammer that and give us the worst prices ever... and nobody said a damn word.

Which is a long way of saying, get a new Biden in there and he'll fix prices? He or she won't. It'll just be far worse.

[ZariusTwo]

The left are only good at one thing and that's whining an awful lot. In and out of power, they just complain and try to stop things from happening and maintain the status quo. They barely bother fixing anything and all of their election drive is "see, we're not these guys", what are their policies beyond that?


They're not your friends and they're not the good guys. Never were. Never will be.

[Andrew NDB]

the left are only good at one thing and that's whining an awful lot. In and out of power, they just complain and try to stop things from happening and maintain the status quo. They barely bother fixing anything and all of their election drive is "see, we're not these guys", what are their policies beyond that?


They're not your friends and they're not the good guys. Never were. Never will be.

100%. 100%. No actual solutions offered, just give government more. And maybe this will work this time.

[Barkworm]

I'm sorry, but the left (and I apologize if I'm lumping you into what is BASICALLY the left of my country, but I don't think you disagree from them terribly much?) crying about higher oil prices is pretty laughable when one of the first things Biden did was shut down the Keystone Pipeline, and make it clear that drilling was done and going away. And the way oil prices work is based on investments... as in, "Do we think this is going to pay off long-term here or there?" And Biden did everything he did to hammer that and give us the worst prices ever... and nobody said a damn word.


I was too lazy to research this so I ran this statement through Claude.AI:

**In short:** The statement has a kernel of truth, but most of its points are false or heavily exaggerated.

**1. "One of the first things Biden did was shut down the Keystone Pipeline" – partly true, but misleading**
On his first day in office, Biden revoked the permit for **Keystone XL**. That wasn't the existing pipeline, though, but an expansion project that wasn't carrying any oil yet. Keystone XL was meant to expand the existing Keystone pipeline, which runs from Alberta to Illinois and Texas and remains in operation. XL wasn't operational when it was halted in 2021 and wasn't expected to run until 2023 at the earliest. So nothing that had been delivering oil was "shut down."

**2. "Drilling was done and going away" – false**
It's true that the administration initially paused new leases on federal land; an industry group described this, together with Keystone XL, as a restriction on supply. In practice, though, US production rose to record levels under Biden: in 2023 it averaged 12.9 million barrels per day, breaking the previous US and global record of 12.3 million set in 2019. In August 2024, a new monthly record of 13.4 million barrels per day was reached.

**3. The investment argument – the most plausible part**
It's broadly true that oil prices depend partly on long-term expectations and investment decisions. One can argue that political signals somewhat dampened investment appetite. Most analysts, however, attribute shale companies' restraint after 2020 mainly to shareholder pressure following years of poor returns. And oil prices are set globally: an energy expert told PolitiFact that the main flaw in such claims is that oil and gas markets are global.

**4. "The worst prices ever" – true only in nominal terms**
In June 2022, after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the US average reached just over $5 per gallon – an all-time high in nominal terms. Adjusted for inflation, however, it was not: that equals about $5.55 in today's money, while the June 2008 record stands at $6.20. The main drivers were the post-COVID demand recovery and the war in Ukraine. On Keystone XL specifically, PolitiFact rated the claim that its cancellation raised gas prices as false, since prices were driven by a supply-demand imbalance, not the pipeline project. Even if completed, experts said the volume it would have carried would have been a drop in the bucket for US demand.

Sources:
- [PolitiFact: No evidence Biden canceling oil pipeline caused higher gas prices](https://api.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/dec/01/facebook-posts/no-evidence-biden-canceling-oil-pipeline-caused-hi)
- [PolitiFact: End of Keystone pipeline did cost jobs, but most were temporary](https://politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jul/21/tim-michels/end-keystone-pipeline-did-cost-jobs-most-were-temp/)
- [AP fact-check (quoted in forum)](https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/goto/post?id=8437869)
- [EIA: U.S. crude oil production record 2023](https://www.eia.gov/TodayinEnergy/detail.php?id=64125)
- [World Oil: Record high August 2024](https://worldoil.com/news/2024/11/26/u-s-crude-oil-production-achieved-new-record-high-in-august-2024-eia-data-states/)
- [Randal Olson: Gas prices inflation-adjusted 1973–2026](https://randalolson.com/2026/06/03/us-gas-prices-inflation-adjusted-1973-2026/)

On an honest note to Andrew, I appreciate the respectful tone. If I come across as snarky sometimes, I apologize.

[Mayhem]

Why should Ukraine concede any land? It would be like Mexico coming back and reclaiming Texas and parts of California. Would Americans stands for that?


Any thoughts about what's going to happen to Ilhan Nur Said Elmi?

https://i.ibb.co/8LB88wYL/IMG-5072.jpg

[Coola Yagami]

The left are only good at one thing and that's whining an awful lot. In and out of power, they just complain and try to stop things from happening and maintain the status quo. They barely bother fixing anything and all of their election drive is "see, we're not these guys", what are their policies beyond that?


They're not your friends and they're not the good guys. Never were. Never will be.

Still the lesser of two evils by a longshot.

[ZariusTwo]

Still the lesser of two evils by a longshot.

Oh they're evil alright, they're just terribly nice about it. And they always fool the summer child youth.

I think we've discussed this before, but I didn't mind the left when Clinton or Obama was President despite the crap they pulled, either because I thought it was amusing as a kid or wasn't nearly as bad as my brother made it out to be (as he has way better political instincts) , it was 2016 where backing Hilary made the left toxic and unapproachable, they pretty much brought their defeat on themselves, and repeated the same mistakes in 2024.

All they are now is an irredeemable cult to me now, weak and incapable of competent leadership, it's easy to promise, never to deliver, and they will not deliver. Vote for somebody else.

[ToTheNines]

Still the lesser of two evils by a longshot.

It’s more fun to be right wing online tho

[ZariusTwo]

It’s more fun to be right wing online tho

Liberty!
Sportmanship!
BOOKS!

[Barkworm]

Vote for somebody else.
The American third party candidates I've seen over the years were also pretty horrible though.

[sdp]

For lovers and haters alike, would you have preferred Trump to have had two consecutive terms over separate terms?

8 Years would've given continuity and people would've seen the consequences of his previous term in his newer one. The first administration had in a way more influence from the party. Second term Trump while having less energy actually has him doing more of whatever he wants, something he likely would not have done, but at the same time doesn't give him enough time to make changes.

[Barkworm]

Two consecutive terms hands down. Losing against a senile geezer let Trump evolve into a more cartoony evil version of himself.

[Coola Yagami]

Two consecutive terms hands down. Losing against a senile geezer let Trump evolve into a more cartoony evil version of himself.

Not to mention a more retarded version of himself.

[Barkworm]

Not to mention a more retarded version of himself.
His insane rants might make it look that way. But if you do some quick research into how much money he's made in this second term, he feels more like a mobster boss.

[ZariusTwo]

For lovers and haters alike, would you have preferred Trump to have had two consecutive terms over separate terms?

At least then it would have been over. Kamala probably would have stood a chance.

And maybe January 6th would have been kicked down the road a little.

[Barkworm]

Since we have found out how Trump reacts to losing, the potential of him becoming a lame duck soon is also not exactly encouraging.

[Coola Yagami]

Since we have found out how Trump reacts to losing, the potential of him becoming a lame duck soon is also not exactly encouraging.

Hopefully he'll be too busy drooling over man ass to do too much damage.

[ToTheNines]

lol I love how you guys are doing the exact same thing the rightoids did with Biden.

“What a STUPID drooling BUFOON! He’s such an IDIOT!…

But he’s also a criminal MASTERMIND! He’s pulling the strings and behind EVERYTHING!”

Brilliant.

[Coola Yagami]

lol I love how you guys are doing the exact same thing the rightoids did with Biden.

“What a STUPID drooling BUFOON! He’s such an IDIOT!…

But he’s also a criminal MASTERMIND! He’s pulling the strings and behind EVERYTHING!”

Brilliant.

We all know Biden had some sort of handler or was asking Obama for advice. He was too far gone to be doing it on his own. Unlike his fans, I'm not making excuses for him falling up the stairs or randomly walking off when the questions went beyond whatever he was meant to answer.

The hypocrisy lies that Trumps is now just as senile and useless but for whatever reason it's ok when he does it.

[Barkworm]

lol I love how you guys are doing the exact same thing the rightoids did with Biden.

“What a STUPID drooling BUFOON! He’s such an IDIOT!…

But he’s also a criminal MASTERMIND! He’s pulling the strings and behind EVERYTHING!”

Brilliant.
I‘m pretty sure I said that he can seem like a drooling buffoon. Apart from that, people can be complete f*cking morons in one area but have genius-like talents in others.

[Andrew NDB]

Why should Ukraine concede any land?

Because they're not going to "win" and a lot more people are going to die in the long, slow process of losing vs. making concessions now and bringing it to a close.

[Stu_Padasso]

lol I love how you guys are doing the exact same thing the rightoids did with Biden.

“What a STUPID drooling BUFOON! He’s such an IDIOT!…

But he’s also a criminal MASTERMIND! He’s pulling the strings and behind EVERYTHING!”

Brilliant.

Folks like Micheal Moore were saying that about George W. Bush in the 2000’s and that Hillary was running the White House while Bill was chasing secretaries before that. What’s old is new again. People tend to believe what they want to believe.

[Andrew NDB]

“What a STUPID drooling BUFOON! He’s such an IDIOT!…

But he’s also a criminal MASTERMIND! He’s pulling the strings and behind EVERYTHING!”

Hey, "Dark Brandon" wasn't our idea.

[Mayhem]

Because they're not going to "win" and a lot more people are going to die in the long, slow process of losing vs. making concessions now and bringing it to a close.
And Russia is winning? Because it doesn't look that way here in Euro news :tconfuse:

[IMJ]

lol I love how you guys are doing the exact same thing the rightoids did with Biden.

“What a STUPID drooling BUFOON! He’s such an IDIOT!…

But he’s also a criminal MASTERMIND! He’s pulling the strings and behind EVERYTHING!”

Brilliant.

They are going to have answers for everything. I've made points like this about these conversations for years now.

Haters will just whatever fits the scope of the moment to deploy their derangement. :lol:

[CyberCubed]

For some reason old George W. Bush clips came across my youtube so I clicked on them, and man it's so different the way George W. Bush talked in such a calm understanding voice. Even though he didn't always say the right things, it really just shows how much politics has fallen when now it just feels like "trash talk TV" whenever Trump speaks.

You know it's something when George W. Bush's old speeches/interviews, etc make him sound a million times more intelligent.

[Coola Yagami]

For some reason old George W. Bush clips came across my youtube so I clicked on them, and man it's so different the way George W. Bush talked in such a calm understanding voice. Even though he didn't always say the right things, it really just shows how much politics has fallen when now it just feels like "trash talk TV" whenever Trump speaks.

You know it's something when George W. Bush's old speeches/interviews, etc make him sound a million times more intelligent.

Trump is trash TV the person. That's why all these trailer trash guys love him.

[Barkworm]

So Bolsonaro kind of concedes after the election, Trump of course talks of fraud (business as usual), then Bolsonaro just runs off to the US (even though he is not allowed to leave Brazil because of ongoing investigations) where he‘ll be granted visas. Nice!

[FredWolfLeonardo]

I'm loving the defeat of these Right-Wing crooks across the world.

Viktor Orban defeated in Hungary.

Lula's victory in Brazil over a Trump ally.

Likely Democrat sweep in the US Midterms.

And hopefully a Left Wing coalition in my own country in less than 2 weeks time.

[Mayhem]

Don’t forget ousting the right wing leader in Serbia. And now protests in Venezuela about selling off the oil to the US.

[Barkworm]

I'm loving the defeat of these Right-Wing crooks across the world.

Viktor Orban defeated in Hungary.

Lula's victory in Brazil over a Trump ally.

Likely Democrat sweep in the US Midterms.

Agreed on Hungary and Brazil but what are Democrats going to do? Right now, it seems like they are a party without any real direction or ideas. And Trump‘s governing during his second term has been lots of executive orders. There‘s not going to be any fundamental change.

[FredWolfLeonardo]

What's up with all the Right-Wing facist pigs crying about stolen elections nowadays?

Obviously, we remember what Trump said in 2020. Lets see what is said around midterms time, let alone 2028.

Trump ally Bolsonaro talked about a stolen election in Brazil, and Trump also repeated these claims.

And now we have Netanyahu in Israel claiming that their own election is stolen because of foreign inteference favouring the Arab parties.

This is the clown world as IMJ describes it.

[IMJ]

Forums like this are practically a permanent digital record of the written manifestation of psychology. It's awesome.

[ToTheNines]

Special note to those readers who fervently hoped I wouldn't pollute this book with my "political ideas" -- time to avert your eyes!
Sometime around when issue 19 of this comic book series comes out, we - the voters of the USA - will have chosen a new president.
I'm fervently hoping it is not another (bad) joke of an election, like the last time.
Typically during elections, and seemingly even more commonly
these days,
"attack ads" will claim that one candidate or the other
has changed his or her position on a particular issue, or -- to use one of the more gratingly annoying catch phrases in current usage -- they have "flip-flopped". (Two other examples of this kind of ludicrous phrase are "tax-and-spend liberal" [Well, what are you SUPPOSED to do with taxes once you have collected them? I thought SPENDING that money on appropriate programs was the whole point of gathering the funds to begin with!] and "homicide bomber" [this was. apparently, a change pushed by the Bush folks which was supposed to supplant the perfectly useful and descriptive "suicide bomber",
and make these killers seem even worse, even more evil "evildo-ers"... but ended up just sounding silly - I mean, does ANYONE with two brain cells to rub together think that homicide is not the intent of your typical suicide bomber? - and also for no particularly good reason wiped out an important part of the meaning of the original, which is that these people intent on homicide through bombing are so committed to the goal that they are willing to kill themselves too.)
Anyway, back to "fip-flopping". The intention of the use of this phrase seems to be to tar a politician as a cynical weasel who supports a certain point of view at a certain time solely for personal and/or political gain. While I am absolutely sure that there have been and will continue to be individuals who very closely fit that descrip-tion, it really bothers me that it is also used to slam people who have just changed their minds because - through experience, education, and/or inspiration they have come to see that the position they once held is no longer as valid as they once thought it was.
There seems to be a weird and somewhat scary thought process going on with those who use the "flip-flop" phrase, something which seems to say that once you form an opinion or point of view, you'd better STICK to that opinion or point of view, no matter what - or you're a "flip-flopping" evildoer. I'm sure you've seen it in commentary or debates between politicians, where it will be brought up that this or that politician once held a view or voted on something in one way ten, twenty, thirty or more years ago... and NOW they are thinking or voting differently. And that's supposed to indicate that this politican is some kind of flighty, frivolous, inconsistent fool.
This boggles my mind. It is - like so much else in the supposedly
"grown-up" world of politics - so incredibly infantile, the level of discourse and commentary so puerile. I don't know about you, but I want MY leaders to be able to learn, grow, and realize when they have made mistakes and when they haven't... and then, if necessary, change their positions and behaviors accordingly.
While we're on the subject, I'd appreciate it if anyone could point me towards a reasonable explanation for why we should continue to keep the creaky old institution of the electoral college when electing a President. After the last election, I did some research on it, to try to understand it better... and I came away with the sense that there really is no good and compelling reason to continue with it, other than to just keep doing the same thing because we've always done the same thing and we should keep doing the same thing (otherwise known as "tradition"). I guess maybe we don't want to be seen as
"flip-flopping", which, you know, is BAD. Also, if anyone could give me an example of any other important elections in the USA which are handled in this way (i.e. NOT determined through a popular vote), I'd
One other thing - during my research into the electoral college, I could never find a good logical resolution of what I consider to be the central paradox of the
"anti-popular vote" argument, which is
this: If the popular vote is good enough to determine -- on a state-by-state basis -- which candidate gets the electoral college votes from each state, why is it then NOT good enough to directly determine the outcome of the election? That seems to make ZERO sense to me.

I wonder what he thinks now?

[sdp]

2004 Laird would've been a loved posting during the 2017-2024 Inceldrome Forums
and probably banned :tlol:

[Andrew NDB]

I'm not sure Peter hasn't been posting around here in some form, during some time. Probably not nowadays.

[Barkworm]

I remember that rant. Those are not thoughts I disagree with but they are phrased in a way that makes it hard to take him seriously. Kind of like what your average internet crybaby would post.

[CyberCubed]

If you didn't know those rants were from Peter they would just sound like any random angry person on forums, twitter, reddit, youtube, etc. He really sounds no different than anyone else.

[Coola Yagami]

If you didn't know those rants were from Peter they would just sound like any random angry person on forums, twitter, reddit, youtube, etc. He really sounds no different than anyone else.

I mean, he helped create the turtles, but like... he's still just some guy.

[ZariusTwo]

And IDW TMNT are very politically and ideologically driven more so than any of the comics he and Kevin produced

[ZariusTwo]

Likely Democrat sweep in the US Midterms.

It's all fun at rehearsals 'till the house is faced with passing a gun law. And that never changes.

[ToTheNines]

Democrats talk about gun control, but never actually do anything about it. Trump still has veto power anyways.

[Andrew NDB]

And can never really answer how any of the measures they propose would have stopped the incident they're reacting to.

[ZariusTwo]

I'm seeing an awful lot about Dem Hailey Stevens hanging out with Republican senators on socials.

[Mayhem]

I don't know about you, but there was a time when both sides regardless of who was in power, tried to have some sort of working relationship. Sadly disappeared like 40 years ago.

[ZariusTwo]

Lot of resignations of her staff coming out of it, such is the state of fragmention on this front

[ZariusTwo]

IZr6AE-u2UM

[Coola Yagami]

So far the blue wave is coming.

[Autbot_Benz]

So far the blue wave is coming.

Dems get the house and senate suck on that Trump

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/democrats-capture-full-control-congress-nbc-news-projects-fueled-victo-rcna607042

Democrats have captured full control of Congress, NBC News projects, with voters delivering a forceful repudiation of Trump’s agenda, coupled with a clear-cut message that Congress has not done enough to provide checks on his administration and needs to do more to address affordability and corruption.

Democrats’ victory in the Senate comes after a swift and decisive win in the House, where Democrats are set to have what could be its largest majority in nearly two decades.

[Coola Yagami]

Someone check on Andrew. Suicide watch.

[Autbot_Benz]

Just glad to be done with trumps worthless kiss ass cuck Mike Johnson. What a worthless house leader

[FredWolfLeonardo]

Lets go Democrats!

Woooohooooo!!!!

[member_removed]

Someone check on Andrew. Suicide watch.

He's in the bunker with cyanide capsules.

[sdp]

Does this mean I won't get my $5,000 check?

Missouri is still red!

[ZariusTwo]

Not gonna change a thing, the whole process going forward is just gonna be "get Trump" all day every day and no other policy will flourish.

Pass a gun control law and then call it a victory.

Until then...both sides. Don't trust anybody.

[Barkworm]

The most positive aspect of this is that even though Republicans had more money and people like Musk supporting them, the money did not make a difference.

On the news, they were calling it a blue tsunami. I see two major problems here:



The democrats are still a party without any real direction or vision. I don‘t think they can use this result productively.
This reflects badly on the American public‘s attention span. People knew who they were voting for two years ago. Now we‘ve got headlines about „Rebuking Trump!!!“ but what were those flipped voters doing in 2024? Is what they got, wildly different from what was advertised?


If Republicans nominate a candidate in 2026 who acts like Trump never happened, everything goes back to zero. Overall, I‘m predicting business as usual in the US.

[ZariusTwo]

How is this any different than Trump?

https://deadline.com/2026/11/abdul-el-sayed-sky-news-denounced-as-pathetic-1237213044/

[ToTheNines]

The most positive aspect of this is that even though Republicans had more money and people like Musk supporting them, the money did not make a difference.

On the news, they were calling it a blue tsunami. I see two major problems here:



The democrats are still a party without any real direction or vision. I don‘t think they can use this result productively.
This reflects badly on the American public‘s attention span. People knew who they were voting for two years ago. Now we‘ve got headlines about „Rebuking Trump!!!“ but what were those flipped voters doing in 2024? Is what they got, wildly different from what was advertised?


If Republicans nominate a candidate in 2026 who acts like Trump never happened, everything goes back to zero. Overall, I‘m predicting business as usual in the US.

Point 2 is a little unfair. In 2024 Trump was running on the promise of stopping the wars in Gaza and Ukraine. He was running on releasing the Epstein files and locking up pedos. He was running on better cost of living for regular people.

His cabinet and inner circle is also full of Zionists and freaks. It honestly wasn’t that bad in his first term, comparatively.

And let’s be honest, he lost his fastball as far as humor goes. He occasionally has a good zinger but for the most part he just comes off as old and tired. His Twitter back in the day was absolutely legendary. I think the average person is not feeling the weird AI nonsense he posts these days (which is all staffers doing that stuff, he has nothing to do with it but NPCs can’t comprehend that).

[Autbot_Benz]

Shout out to Maine for finally getting rid of Susan Collins talk about worthless

[IMJ]

Trump got a regime change here at home before he got it in Iran. :lol:

[Barkworm]

Point 2 is a little unfair. In 2024 Trump was running on the promise of stopping the wars in Gaza and Ukraine. He was running on releasing the Epstein files and locking up pedos. He was running on better cost of living for regular people.

Agreed on number 3 but the rest? Did anyone honestly think this guy could end wars? No post-election analysis I've read mentions his diplomatic finesse (lol) as a deciding factor for voters. And he was very likely one of the Epstein pedos himself so...
Anti-migration and DRILL BABY were what it was all about.

[ToTheNines]

Agreed on number 3 but the rest? Did anyone honestly think this guy could end wars? No post-election analysis I've read mentions his diplomatic finesse (lol) as a deciding factor for voters. And he was very likely one of the Epstein pedos himself so...
Anti-migration and DRILL BABY were what it was all about.

I mean, he's boys with Putin and historically he has been able to deescalate certain bad situations. He could have cut off Israel if he wanted to and did reach some flimsy cease-fire. Albeit too little, too late.

I kind of thought there might be something to the Epstein files prosecutions since many of those implicated were/are his political enemies. But yeah... I think there was a lot of kayfabe going on there seeing as he looks just as guilty as the rest of them. That pivot has been so embarrassing.

But at the same time, it makes me wonder why the hell Biden's DOJ or FBI didn't do a damn thing with that information. Guess we'll never know.

[Andrew NDB]

It's kind of like the lear jet crash the other day. It crashes and the same people (the usual suspects) all light up with, "FALSE FLAG! There's no wreckage! There's never any wreckage!" Very predictably.

[ToTheNines]

It's kind of like the lear jet crash the other day. It crashes and the same people (the usual suspects) all light up with, "FALSE FLAG! There's no wreckage! There's never any wreckage!" Very predictably.

Yeah, that was pretty annoying. I'm obviously a bit of a tinfoil hat guy myself, but some of these people can't even let a damn plane crash without making it something it's not. Like, somehow you're all of a sudden an aerodynamics expert and an aircraft engineer. Gimme a break.

[IMJ]

It's kind of like the lear jet crash the other day. It crashes and the same people (the usual suspects) all light up with, "FALSE FLAG! There's no wreckage! There's never any wreckage!" Very predictably.

Those people are the right's analog to basically any irrational hater from the left. It's a true spectrum, however imbalanced.

On another note this congressional rebalancing is hardly the "we got HIM!" victory that frothing at the mouth liberals would have you believe. Again - they'll do anything to dramatize an action on Trump's part or the depth of loss they can put on him.

But at the end of the day if we look at reality this has occurred many times across Presidential history after an extreme period of power-distribution. As for Trump? The maniacs can say whatever they want but the biggest mistake he has made while in office is practically this entire Iranian thing. The guy survived direct assassination attempts, but this Iranian "campaign" is his ongoing downfall across a variety of metrics.

[Coola Yagami]

The guy survived direct assassination attempts.

lmao you mean the staged attempt where his ear magically regrew cartilage?

[ToTheNines]

But at the end of the day if we look at reality this has occurred many times across Presidential history after an extreme period

This is a good point. The House has flipped in 5 of the last 6 midterm elections. This isn’t surprising at all.

[IMJ]

lmao you mean the staged attempt where his ear magically regrew cartilage?

No. I mean the real assassination attempt from the typical delusional leftist who invents stories about reality to justify his hate or correct the story to suit his POV.

[Andrew NDB]

I'd be lying if it wasn't disheartening in a big way, but this IS what happens every time in midterms like this. This in particular was about Iran in large part for the left, independents and the "horseshoe right" (who want to use this as a punishment against Trump for betraying "America First" in their view and then just not voting at all), but it was also about "F*** Israel!" and a lot of people wanting more attention to the cost of living while Trump is venerating daily about things like the reflecting pool and changing the names of monuments and lakes. I understand the latter part.

I do wonder, though, if we've already hit the saturation point where there's finally more life-angry people demanding free stuff than there are hard-working people to create the free stuff for them. Because things start to fall apart pretty fast after that and there isn't really any going back then. I hope not, though. I hope this is just a typical revenge cycle.

[Barkworm]

This is what happens in the midterms, true. What makes it exceptional is the scale: estimated House losses of roughly 38–55 seats put it among the biggest wave elections, and the Democrats’ gain of at least seven Senate seats is among the worst Senate defeats for a president’s party in nearly a century. The results in Texas, South Carolina and Kansas are not the usual midterm flip at all.

[FredWolfLeonardo]

This is all fake. The republician party won BIG TIME.

Think about it, Trump is always about common sense just like the normal anti-woke thinkers.

The frothing feeler left has no common sense. Therefore the common sense party won in reality.

The silent majority got cheated again.