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ThatNickGuy said:

Me thinks it's time for an official Leopards Eating Faces thread. We'll be seeing more and more of this.

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"I didn't think he would quote MY post in the new thread!" -- Nick, probably.
Anyway, put your leopard-related posts here. Clouded leopard, snow leopard, black panther, whatever so long as it's chowing down on some yummy, surprised faces.

--Patrick

It seemed like the appropriate reaction to the theme of this thread.

PatrThom said:

"I didn't think he would quote MY post in the new thread!" -- Nick, probably.
Anyway, put your leopard-related posts here. Clouded leopard, snow leopard, black panther, whatever so long as it's chowing down on some yummy, surprised faces.

--Patrick

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Oh god, what have i done?!

ThatNickGuy said:

Oh god, what have i done?!

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Bring on the dinosaurs leopards! I, for one, welcome our new, karmic overlords.

Wait, does this include cougars, too? Or do we need to take those over to the NSFW forum?

Lol, I must be a time traveler, I said that on Monday.

We're running a bit behind. There's a lot of faces to eat!

--Patrick

PatrThom said:

Muslim Voters in Michigan Are Starting to Regret Their Choice After Trump Win: ‘Trump is Playing Us

And so, in order to send Kamala Harris and the Democrats a message about the establishment’s unfaltering support for Israel over the Palestinians, many voted either for Donald Trump or for Jill Stein…

thenewsglobe.net

--Patrick

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Fucking. Idiots.

Tress said:

Fucking. Idiots.

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"we voted third party to send a message to Gore" in Florida feeling.

Bubble181 said:

"we voted third party to send a message to Gore" in Florida feeling.

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"Neither candidate is doing the thing I want about the one thing I care about, so to show my displeasure I'm going to not even vote at all and that means I can tell everyone I'm technically not to blame."
See also: Abortion, Healthcare, Social Security, egg prices, etc.

--Patrick

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"Neither candidate is doing the thing I want about the one thing I care about, so to show my displeasure I'm going to not even vote at all and that means I can tell everyone I'm technically not to blame."
See also: Abortion, Healthcare, Social Security, egg prices, etc.

--Patrick

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If a football team goes “fuck the run we’re going to win this with passing only” I’m not blaming the running back for the loss.

If the running back refuses to pass block and lets the rusher come in free, you absolutely blame the running back.

drifter said:

If the running back refuses to pass block and lets the rusher come in free, you absolutely blame the running back.

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For the sack maybe but for the entire game? Nah that comes down to a dogshit strategy executed poorly.

If the running back continually refuses to pass block, why would you excuse the running back for that?

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If the running back continually refuses to pass block, why would you excuse the running back for that?

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Because in this case the quarterback was drunk and the linemen kept on falling down on their face.

Doesn't matter. If the running back just quits he doesn't get to say "not my fault" if the other team wins.

drifter said:

Doesn't matter. If the running back just quits he doesn't get to say "not my fault" if the other team wins.

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With the facts laid out I think the running back gets to. Or at the very least you're a dumbass if you say that it was the running backs fault that the team lost.

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With the facts laid out I think the running back gets to. Or at the very least you're a dumbass if you say that it was the running backs fault that the team lost.

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You're the one who seems intent on absolving the running back of any blame.

That said, if I were to place blame, first would be Russian/Republican propaganda. Second would be a willfully ignorant and uninformed populace. Third would be Democratic leadership.

Pointing fingers at this point is…uh…pointless. Yes, I’m disappointed and feel that it was very much cutting off one’s nose to spite the face, but now all we can do is regroup and do our best to do something, even if it’s ineffectual and silly like a petition online. Something is better than nothing but fracturing amongst ourselves when we (probably) presumably want the same thing is counterproductive.

Love both you guys and I really dig your passion. I just don’t want animosity to split what should be a unified front.

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Doesn't matter. If the running back just quits he doesn't get to say "not my fault" if the other team wins.

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With the facts laid out I think that he definitely gets to say

drifter said:

You're the one who seems intent on absolving the running back of any blame.

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Yeah because blaming the running back is idiotic. The idea that the left is responsible for Harris losing is a fucking stupid opinion. The left was saying that the Harris campaign strategy was a bad idea.

Dave said:

Pointing fingers at this point is…uh…pointless. Yes, I’m disappointed and feel that it was very much cutting off one’s nose to spite the face, but now all we can do is regroup and do our best to do something, even if it’s ineffectual and silly like a petition online. Something is better than nothing but fracturing amongst ourselves when we (probably) presumably want the same thing is counterproductive.

Love both you guys and I really dig your passion. I just don’t want animosity to split what should be a unified front.

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Disagree on pointing fingers being pointless. After a defeat this fucking catastrophic is when you need to get rid of things holding the party back. To just come together and say “we’ll get em next time champ” is what happened in 2016 and set up the current catastrophe. No now’s the perfect time for recriminations and deciding on who needs to get the fuck out of the drivers seat cause they’re driving off the cliff and their idiocy has been fully exposed.

Second I think you might be overestimating the importance of an argument about a sports metaphor as flawless as the sports metaphor is.

I'd like more Leopards eating the faces of their supporters and less sports metaphores.

Yeah, this isn't why I wanted this thread in the first place. Maybe take this conversation private, guys.

I mean how much content will there be for this thread before Trumps actually president?

We shouldn't be fighting each other when we already know we agree the current situation is a travesty

blotsfan said:

I mean how much content will there be for this thread before Trumps actually president?

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Eh, i don't know. There's already been a few posts of people regretting voting for Trump.

It's going to be a steady trickle before the flood, I'd assume.

blotsfan said:

I mean how much content will there be for this thread before Trumps actually president?

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The current posts are more like the "To Be Continued -->" while Yes' "Roundabout" plays--we all know what's about to happen, and we are documenting it here for when people start saying things like, "Who could've seen that coming?"

--Patrick

Thread Necromancer said:

We shouldn't be fighting each other when we already know we agree the current situation is a travesty

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I find your use of the word "travesty" as a negative deeply offensive.
Pistols at dawn!
Wait, I like to sleep in.
Pistols at noon!
Wait, I don't know how to handle a pistol.
Keyboards at noon!

Today I learned that travesty did not mean what I thought. I thought it to be akin to disaster. A horror. Aka, facepalm nightmare.


I was incorrect in my usage of the word.

Cheers to you owl. I learned something today

Please allow me to rephrase my post:

We should not be infighting and arguing when we already know this situation is a nightmare. We should be banding together to say" I don't like this! This was not my choice." And then, we run because we are obviously outnumbered by the ignorant and the violent. We take on gorilla warfare when we have to but only if we have no choice. We try to speak reason, but we start calm and passive while we can.

... Gorilla warfare?
Are you referring to Planet of the Apes?
If not, you might want to look and learn something more today

PatrThom said:

Muslim Voters in Michigan Are Starting to Regret Their Choice After Trump Win: ‘Trump is Playing Us

And so, in order to send Kamala Harris and the Democrats a message about the establishment’s unfaltering support for Israel over the Palestinians, many voted either for Donald Trump or for Jill Stein…

thenewsglobe.net

--Patrick

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Muslim voters in Michigan also had the Democrats put Bill fucking Clinton out there to tell them to fuck off and to remind them that they deserve it for Israel.

What a shit shit campaign.


No fucking wonder they didn't vote democrat in Michigan.

Parading that explicitly piece of shit dinosaur out is almost as bad as having Liz Cheney as your secret weapon.

Democrats running their campaign arrogantly with the "You have to vote for us because the other choice is bad" attitude didn't fucking work in 2016 and sure as shit didn't work in 2024. Maybe it will in 2028.

Yes, Democrats are idiots, that is another thread. This is the schadenfreude "Look at these assholes who regret voting for the criminal liar we all know suck" thread.

Pull it together, people.

"Trump picks fracking company CEO Chris Wright to be Energy Secretary."
I can't wait for the full list now. It's going to be, like, Jack the Ripper as director of Health and Human Services, Jason Voorhies as Education Secretary...how did the speech go, exactly? Wait, I remember...

--Patrick

Krisken said:

Yes, Democrats are idiots, that is another thread. This is the schadenfreude "Look at these assholes who regret voting for the criminal liar we all know suck" thread.

Pull it together, people.

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Yeah, people who didn't vote for Harris being called fucking idiots despite the Democrats telling them to fuck off to begin with doesn't sit right with me.

Frank said:

Yeah, people who didn't vote for Harris being called fucking idiots despite the Democrats telling them to fuck off to begin with doesn't sit right with me.

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No idea what that has to do with this thread. There are a lot of politics threads that will work for.

Krisken said:

No idea what that has to do with this thread. There are a lot of politics threads that will work for.

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The story about Muslim voters was posted in this thread. Frank’s pointing out that it’s not really a lepord eating face story.

Frank said:

Yeah, people who didn't vote for Harris being called fucking idiots despite the Democrats telling them to fuck off to begin with doesn't sit right with me.

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Tough shit. They’re fucking idiots. The democrats should’ve run a campaign with the understanding that they’re fucking idiots, but that doesn’t change that they are.

Look, I'm all in favor of a discussion about whether the Democratic party should move to the left or the right, whether there should be a third viable party, and how people could/might feel about the campaign they ran, etc etc.
But there's plenty of political discussion threads and it's not illegal to start a new one around here. How about we limit the Leopard Face thread to Leopard Face stories?

Enjoy your let's laugh at minorities thread then.

I don't particularly think only minorities will be featuring here.
They may be the first to feel some of the worst of it, but T's plans to move more wealth to the wealthy and increase tariffs will spike real life inflation hurting millions of non-minorities too.

Frank said:

Enjoy your let's laugh at minorities thread then.

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I don’t believe minorities can never be dumb no matter what.

Frank said:

Enjoy your let's laugh at minorities thread then.

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Yeah... no. The whole point of this is the fact that many stupid, selfish Trump voters thought they'd be "safe" from his policies because they're white/Christian/straight/usually male, and they're going to find out when they lose their health care, environmental protections, VA benefits, public schools, public transportation, social security, cheaper labor, etc., none of that shit will protect them. They voted for "oligarchy" , and oligarchy only benefits the rich. The shittiest part of this is, as usual, minorities are going to get hit first and hardest.

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Enjoy your let's laugh at minorities thread then.

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Unfortunately, the way this usually unfolds is that the initial burst of activity is directed at minorities, yes.
Joe Voter: "Ha ha, look at the [insert plural slur here], they got what's coming to them, they should all go back to [place]."
<THREE MONTHS LATER...>
Joe Voter: "What do you mean I can't have [essential service and/or porn] any more? I know my rights!" No, Joe. You see, you thought you were safe because you thought it was only about being [ethnic] when you should've known it was always about being [class/caste].

--Patrick

Huh, like they are surprised rights are non-negotiable.

Trump will be a very fat leopard.

Hey, it could've been Dr Phil.
Or Dr. Nick Riviera.

This is the only thing that will get me through the next 4 years.

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His *first* administration, I commented how nearly everyone he picked was some tv celebrity of some sort. Like, if he hadn't seen them on TV, how important could they be?

"Conservatives approaching enlightenment" is such a misleading title.
To be clear, they're not going "whoa these guys are more extreme than we thought", they're more concerned about "these folks might not be competent enough to push through our extreme agenda".
Which might actually be a saving grace from a normal person's perspective.

It's like he's not even listening to what they want him to do.

--Patrick

Dubyamn said:

If a football team goes “fuck the run we’re going to win this with passing only” I’m not blaming the running back for the loss.

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Holy shit, did you watch the Grey Cup?

Pittsburgh-area Steelworkers union leaders are upset with President-elect Trump for his vow to block the US Steel-Nippon deal. One of them spoke at a Trump rally earlier this year, and he said Tuesday that Trump's statements felt like a "gut punch”

EDIT: I copy/pasted the above from Bluesky but now I can't find the user to attribute it to them.

We truly live in the stupidest timeline.

I hope you're right. I'd hate to think there's another, even stupider timeline waiting for us just around the corner.

--Patrick

Welp guess it's time to start talking about the price of eggs again.

--Patrick

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Welp guess it's time to start talking about the price of eggs again.

--Patrick

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Guess someone told him what deflation means for an economy most of the time.

"Everybody can reply"
IRONY

--Patrick

Crab bucket mentality.

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I mean, trusting a politician to be lying to get votes is probably a pretty safe bet.

True enough.
There's a pretty big belief among Republicans that I've noticed that all of this "rounding up immigrants" will only apply to those not working or in Democratic cities, and not to all of those working under-paid but essential jobs for them.
We'll see.

Bubble181 said:

True enough.
There's a pretty big belief among Republicans that I've noticed that all of this "rounding up immigrants" will only apply to those not working or in Democratic cities, and not to all of those working under-paid but essential jobs for them.
We'll see.

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"Their small fingers polish the insides of the shell casings!"

"We have to trust in our officials that are put in place."
...for certain specific varieties of officials, depending on skin color, hat color, etc.

--Patrick

PatrThom said:

"We have to trust in our officials that are put in place."
...for certain specific varieties of officials, depending on skin color, hat color, etc.

--Patrick

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Well, obviously not those who are part of the Deep State*


*those we don't like

Bubble181 said:

We'll see.

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All of this has happened beforee and all of this will happen again!

...the Expectations Index — which measures consumers' short-term outlook on income, business, and the labor market — [fell] 12.6 points to a five-month low of 81.1[...] That's close to the threshold of 80, which typically signals a recession[...]
The data marks a steep turnaround after two months of growing consumer optimism.

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"Yay! It's everything we said we wanted!"
[...]
"...oh no!"

--Patrick

I still don't get how "we're going to bring back millions of low-level, low-paid jobs" and "we're going to deport everyone doing the current low-level jobs" are supposed to go together, especially in a market like the US where there isn't a lot of unemployment to begin with.

"I knew he was an unprincipled, chaotic liar, but I didn't think he'd do it to ME!"

--Patrick

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'This is not what he ran on!' Trump blasted for veering wildly away from campaign promises

Donald Trump assured voters during his campaign that he would lower prices on groceries and other items — but a former congressman called him out for already abandoning that promise.Tech tycoons Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos have donated $1 million each to Trump's inauguration despite his past...

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"I knew he was an unprincipled, chaotic liar, but I didn't think he'd do it to ME!"

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"Donald Trump Does What He Has Done His Entire Life, Some People Still Manage to Be Shocked!"

Whomp, whomp to them.

Celt Z said:

"Donald Trump Does What He Has Done His Entire Life, Some People Still Manage to Be Shocked!"
Whomp, whomp to them.

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It's like they tried to spray mace into the wind and then were shocked when it came back and hit them in the face.

--Patrick

Can we have an I told you so, thread?

Bubble181 said:

I still don't get how "we're going to bring back millions of low-level, low-paid jobs" and "we're going to deport everyone doing the current low-level jobs" are supposed to go together, especially in a market like the US where there isn't a lot of unemployment to begin with.

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Plucky, go getter americans with unparalleled work ethic will just love getting that 3rd income source... a workday is 26 hours, right ?

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They expect social values from the guy and the party who wants to get rid of them?

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They expect social values from the guy and the party who wants to get rid of them?

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You got it all wrong... it's not them, it the other guys, that are lazy and no good.

Lol, a veneer of respectability? Where the fuck have these people been hiding? Wait, I'm sorry, they probably just awoke from a coma.

See, that's your problem, you're using the dictionary definition of teh word, when what they mean is that they're still not saying the quite part out loud ALL the time...

It's simply a bunch of "respectable" dog whistles that keep getting louder and louder, until he can't ignore it as well as he used to.

Well, that and probably no longer pretending to be upset at their fans when they do say the quite part out loud on twitter.

Not quite the same thing, but political Schadenfreude seems best suited for here

*sad trombone*

Champagne sales sink because people don’t want to celebrate

Mood.

--Patrick

This post highlights to me a significant failing on our societies part.

We said get out and vote.

We didn't say: "Hey, you should probably know what you are voting for also"

It reminds me of when I was in secondary school and joined the debate team, and at a competition we encountered a debate topic that was, "This house believes democracy is the enemy of the people." And the proposition side basically went with the argument, "Most people are not sufficiently informed to make an informed decision when they vote."

I was on the opposition side, and I remember coming up with a line, "The proposition has made a strong case for why ignorance is the enemy of the people, but not democracy itself." If I recall correctly, my side was the one that won that particular debate.

And now, two and a half decades later, I see that we were both right.

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This might be the most appropriate story for this thread, ever.

Tress said:

This might be the most appropriate story for this thread, ever.

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Just wait. I'm sure there will be other contenders soon enough.

--Patrick

Awww, that guy thinks Trump cares about him. I wonder if he believes in the tooth fairy, too.

I think you mean "exposure."

--Patrick

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Carrie Underwood ‘got paid $0’ to perform at the inauguration

CARRIE Underwood likely got paid nothing to perform at the inauguration, and took on the appearance for “prestige.” Speaking exclusively to The U.S. Sun, CMG Digital Media head Michael …

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I think you mean "exposure."

--Patrick

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Wow, this news story is terrible reporting. It's literally just some guy saying "It maybe happened like this."

I mean, it is The Sun, sooo you probably shouldn't be expecting Pulitzer material.

--Patrick

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You know, there should really be a class where you pray to God before putting you hand into an open flame... really drive home the idea that you're unlikely to be a saint that God actually intervenes directly for (not that that saved a lot of saints either).

Anti-Trans Warrior US Rep Nancy Mace tries to virtue signal her hatred and push to defend women's rights, gets taken to task for daring to be a successful woman at all

You VOTED to lose jobs because politics.

That's a lot of words to say he's hurting the wrong people again...

Edit: Stupid photoshop. This ain’t real.

I mean, this picture may not be of an actual event, but I feel fairly confident that it is 100% real.

--Patrick

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That's a lot of words to say he's hurting the wrong people again...

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I mean, the guy who made the post is the Chair of the West Virginia Democratic Party so I don’t think he voted for Trump.

#12 and then another one this morning.

EDIT: Another plane crash in Philadelphia this morning.

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#12 and then another one this morning.

EDIT: Another plane crash in Philadelphia this morning.

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And a incredible tragic one. All plane crashes are but you need a stiff drink with this one.

Trump slaps tariffs on Canada, Mexico, China, risking higher prices for U.S. consumers

Thus it begins. It was already impossible for me to find a place to rent on my own here in California, but now everything will be completely too expensive to afford.
And once the tangerine toddler's temper tantrum focuses more on revenge on the blue states that dared defy him, it will get even worse.

We are just on a ride to implosion at this point.

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That leopard has barely gotten started. It better get it's shit together because it's table is still full.

He loudly ran on those pardons....

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He loudly ran on those pardons....

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Yeah, this image has been getting a lot of usage lately

--Patrick

100K eggs? That's a heist worth millions, right?

... Waddayamean, $40.000?

$40k is just MSRP, no telling what the scalpers will get.

--Patrick

Mischief Night is about to get expensive!

So he only took 3 dozen?

Thanks folks I'll be here all week.

...well there goes my plan to import cheap eggs.

--Patrick

But not Taiwan! Bhamv, this is your chance to become the egg czar of your dreams!

Celt Z said:

But not Taiwan! Bhamv, this is your chance to become the egg czar of your dreams!

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Can't.

Poor.

Top comment: They aren't sorry they voted for him, they're sorry it affected them

TLDR version: One of the right-wing barbies that was the face of the anti-trans-in-sports movement is upset because the LEFP is deporting her husband

"Nevermind. False alarm, everyone!"

--Patrick

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TLDR version: One of the right-wing barbies that was the face of the anti-trans-in-sports movement is upset because the LEFP is deporting her husband

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…and she still blames Biden for it.

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…and she still blames Biden for it.

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Of course. Because it's a Broken System and he will Change It All so that only the Bad Ones are taken away.

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TLDR version: One of the right-wing barbies that was the face of the anti-trans-in-sports movement is upset because the LEFP is deporting her husband

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Unfortunately I did read the article and that video is from when Biden was president. He made a requirement that green card holders needed the Covid vaccine. Trump got rid of it.

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Can't.

Poor.

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But this is how you become NOT poor. Like Scarface, but with eggs!

As someone who used to live about 15mi from there and got to experience their attitude(s) semi-regularly, let me know when they change their name to "Arab Americans who freely admit they were wrong and are sorry."

--Patrick

Oh no, you have to pay import taxes.

"he said the tariffs would be on xxxx not on American citizens"
... Yes. That's how it works. Congratulations. For the party advocating complete and unrestricted capitalism, there sure seem to be a lot of prone who don't understand capitalism.

Note it was on "New Mexico," not Americans, too... /headdesk

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I hate stories like this, and I put ZERO stock in them.

Farmers will bitch and moan about not supporting Trump, feeing abandoned, etc. And then Democrats will put forward someone who is black, or Latino, or a woman… and the farmers will all go back to the GOP as fast as their poor, broken down tractors will take them.

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I hate stories like this, and I put ZERO stock in them.

Farmers will bitch and moan about not supporting Trump, feeing abandoned, etc. And then Democrats will put forward someone who is black, or Latino, or a woman… and the farmers will all go back to the GOP as fast as their poor, broken down tractors will take them.

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It's already happened. Trump's policies hurt them the first time around. And here we are again.

whoops

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When the pain hits home, Republicans balk at Trump's spending cuts and tariffs

From reducing NIH funding to slashing USAID's food program to imposing new tariffs, GOP lawmakers are beginning to speak out — carefully — against some of Trump's actions.

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Cowards.

You know what would fix Trump and restore some checks and balances? Three term limit for all senators and a four term limit for representatives.

If these stupid assholes weren’t all desperate to keep a job that was never intended to be a lifetime appointment they would be willing to speak up when Trump does dumb shit.

Or, and hear me out on this one...we could elect people who care more about representing The People than they do about lining their own pockets. I'd be happy letting them serve 5 or 6 terms if they really wanted to, so long as their primary focus was on their constituency that entire time.

--Patrick

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Or, and hear me out on this one...we could elect people who care more about representing The People than they do about lining their own pockets. I'd be happy letting them serve 5 or 6 terms if they really wanted to, so long as their primary focus was on their constituency that entire time.

--Patrick

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The power and potential for wealth caused by unlimited terms will corrupt even the best of us.

PatrThom said:

Or, and hear me out on this one...we could elect people who care more about representing The People than they do about lining their own pockets. I'd be happy letting them serve 5 or 6 terms if they really wanted to, so long as their primary focus was on their constituency that entire time.

--Patrick

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So, not to be the resident commie but... Under capitalism those most able to engage with society, and thus most able to do something like run for office, are those with capital. And so those that can become these officials are those with the most interest in gaining and maintaining capital. It's a self selecting system.

That's because Capitalism rewards capital. It's right in the name. What I am saying is that voters should be rewarding/selecting* for altruism.
It's literally in a voter's own best interest to do so, to select the representative most likely to actually represent them. But someone has apparently convinced voters that the primary characteristic to be weighed when casting a vote is "Which candidate is most likely to punish and suppress those I have decided are my enemy?" And even more concerning (to me, at least) is how many voters cast their vote believing their interests will fall under the Shirley Exception.

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The power and potential for wealth caused by unlimited terms will corrupt even the best of us.

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Right. I know I posted that study earlier showing that accumulating wealth and power literally causes people to become less empathetic...but then, assuming voters continue to be primarily motivated by Altruism, a corrupted incumbent would become less appealing (and therefore more likely to be ousted) as they became more corrupt. I'm not saying this would prevent greedy people from being elected, I'm just saying that keeping [your] constituency happy would become the strongest determining factor towards whether you get REelected.

--Patrick
*selecting used not like "I made a choice" but as in "natural selection"

PatrThom said:

That's because Capitalism rewards capital. It's right in the name. What I am saying is that voters should be rewarding/selecting* for altruism.

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In theory this is how voting is supposed to work. In practice voting for an altruistic candidate goes about as well as choosing an ISP that supports net neutrality, or buying groceries from a store that hasn't engaged in union busting. For most people the option just isn't there, and it's not available because the existing options are blocking competition.

Barring the hypothetical Kang/Kodos situation, every election is bound to have a "better" candidate.
Every time someone casts a vote with the intent that "...this will make things better for ME," society loses.
Every vote in every election (and when I say this, I literally mean EVERY vote, in EVERY election) should be cast for the option that you believe most benefits the ENTIRE SPECIES, and not just some specific minority.

...and when I say "minority," I of course am not describing "people of a particular race/creed/color who may have been segregated/discriminated against/etc" like we usually tend use the word these days, I am referring to a statistical minority. The people who are getting up in arms about DEI programs only see it as "you must meet a quota" and do not understand that the whole intent behind finding and encouraging the inclusion of "minorities" in hiring/decision-making is something that is ultimately supposed to benefit the majority.

We, as a society, happily go to movie after movie and watch a small, rag-tag bunch of misfits team up to defeat a larger, more organized/regimented army of foes (foes who all look identical, btw), and we enthusiastically cheer those misfits on as they learn to work out their differences and combine their strengths until they finally emerge victorious, but then we all leave the theater and complain about immigrants and "replacement" and how DEI is ruining society and I just don't understand why I'm one of the few people who can see the disparity.

--Patrick

PatrThom said:

We, as a society, happily go to movie after movie and watch a small, rag-tag bunch of misfits team up to defeat a larger, more organized/regimented army of foes (foes who all look identical, btw), and we enthusiastically cheer those misfits on as they learn to work out their differences and combine their strengths until they finally emerge victorious, but then we all leave the theater and complain about immigrants and "replacement" and how DEI is ruining society and I just don't understand why I'm one of the few people who can see the disparity.
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I assure you, you're not alone.
This is partially culturally determined, though. America, mostly, but all of the West, focuses more on this sort of "ragtag band" and "strength through diversity" thoughts. America specifically has a very strong tendency to cheer on the rebels against power and strong individuals. Asian media tends to lean more heavily on other aspects. Individualism vs collectivism, etc. Heroes become heroes to protect their family/village/community, not because they're rebelling against an overreaching evil. The Power Rangers are one each black/white/Asian/boy/girl/jock/nerd/whatever, their original counterparts aren't.

Anyway - America was founded on a rebellion against a tyrannical empire. A lot of American like to consider themselves Rugged Individualists. Government communication and propaganda, nation-building around a communal "us", etc, have cemented that kind of thinking.
France, or Belgium, or China, or whatever, all have different histories which get reflected in their cultural sensitivities and accents. Hungary being the remains of an empire that was dissolved after WWI and with nation-building based on being the last bastion protecting the Catholic West against the Turkish/Muslim/Orthodox/etc invaders from the East is a clear example of this as well. Belgium was pretty much founded as a compromise between England, France and the Netherlands after a sort-of revolution by liberals, Catholics, French-speakers, Flemish, the Church, nobility and small bourgeoisie together who all had their own interests and their own identities - which is why the Belgian "national identity" doesn't get much further than "we're definitely not Dutch or French, and we're good at compromise and negotiating and trying to resolve crises by talking and more talking and then talking some more until everybody is so tired they accept a weak consensus".

Obviously we've been heavily influenced by American media (Hollywood in particular), but even so, in traditional Belgian stories you're more likely to be supposed to be rooting for the guy resolving things peacefully, while in American stories there's often the message that they're weak and ineffective and you have to stand up for yourself.

And all of this is obviously oversimplifying and in no way meant as America-bashing, quite the contrary.

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Thank you, that's good to know.

I know America is traditionally one that tends to be more focused on "We rebel against tyranny," but currently America is also the one more likely to be "Deport all the furriners!/Took our jerbs!" so yes, there's been a bit of a cultural shift, at least as far as the LOUD ones go.

--Patrick

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In another TikTok video, that guy asks how he was supposed to know that Trump was going to do this. He complains that he doesn't get the news out where he is....

Dude has the internet, has TikTok, but somehow is incapable of reading the news.

It's solely a business decision.

--Patrick

"What am I getting out of giving money to you? Nothing? HAHAHAHA"

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"You hurt me, but I'm so sure you didn't actually mean it. Please take me back."

I wish I could muster the empathy for her, but my empathy is for all the people who will suffer because of the job she won't be doing anymore. And still, after her face is eaten, she pleads to the leopard.

No mention anywhere they were/are Trump supporters

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No mention anywhere they were/are Trump supporters

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You can't "feel betrayed" by someone you expected to fuck you.

They can call betrayed by their country as veterans, without specifically feeling betrayed by Trump over his promises.

I mean, they're probably majority Trump voters, the guy probably is, but the sentiment could not be aimed at T specifically but "the nation they served and is now not supporting them".

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They can call betrayed by their country as veterans, without specifically feeling betrayed by Trump over his promises.

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In that case, he would have been posting about his feelings of betrayal in november.

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"I love all the hurt you're causing" says all you need to know.

Yep. There's some who may have "seen the light" and realized they've been duped or taken in. The vast majority of this sort of stuff I'm seeing is still very much purely selfish "Didn't-think-they'd-eat-my-face-but-I'm-still-fine-with-other-faces-being-eaten" small-minded evil. I genuinely can't feel sorry for those.
They'll happily vote for DeSantis or whoever if they get the chance, as long as he makes the "right" noises about punishing the "right" people.

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"I love all the hurt you're causing" says all you need to know.

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I think that guy was making sarcastic commentary while quoting another guy, which was then quoted by George Takei.

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I think that guy making sarcastic commentary while quoting another guy, which was then quoted by George Takei.

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Ah! I thought the text was his. Makes more sense.

That sad vote was for the children at the end, not the rest that earned this.

I know the lady in #7. She's a dipshit.

this is my personal pet peeve and pisses me off so much. You know what, jackass? We all begged you to open your eyes before you voted for that asshole. But now that it's *your* problem, suddenly you are enlightened? Fuck right the fuck off.

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this is my personal pet peeve and pisses me off so much. You know what, jackass? We all begged you to open your eyes before you voted for that asshole. But now that it's *your* problem, suddenly you are enlightened? Fuck right the fuck off.

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Actually, I agree with the sentiment that we need those people going forward. They are idiots who helped put us in this mess but the tide won't fully turn unless those idiots come around. Maybe they need to sit in the corner and think about what they did but they can't stay out in the cold forever for their stupid, stupid choices.

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Actually, I agree with the sentiment that we need those people going forward. They are idiots who helped put us in this mess but the tide won't fully turn unless those idiots come around. Maybe they need to sit in the corner and think about what they did but they can't stay out in the cold forever for their stupid, stupid choices.

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Here's the problem I see with that...these idiots aren't "coming around". They're just mad that they got bit. If the administration were to tweak things tomorrow and take these specific guys out of the crosshairs, I imagine they would breathe a sigh of relief and be straight back on the Trump train.

They don't give a shit about "what's happening to the country." They only care about what's happening to them, right now. The very definition of the phrase "can't see past the end of their nose".

I grew so very tired of this exact same kind of social outcry during the height of the COVID pandemic, where folks would joke and laugh about how the disease was no big deal--until it hit them. Then they wanted to blast all on social media about how it was all real, and people should pay attention. Of course, the irony is lots of people made that same outcry to *them* before *they* got hit. But they just shrugged it off. And the people just like them do the same. "First they came for..." and all that.

"We only care if it hurts us."

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They don't give a shit about "what's happening to the country." They only care about what's happening to them, right now. The very definition of the phrase "can't see past the end of their nose".

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Yes. The reprehensible part of their attitude is not, "I didn't care about it happening to the other people until it started happening to MEEeee," it is plainly and simply "I didn't care about it happening to the other people..." -- because that's the whole crux, right there. They don't care about other people. Not even "other" people. Just other people in general. These are the kind of people who believe the rest of the world is REQUIRED to compensate them for every inconvenient (to them) thing they might do, and the reason they leave their shopping cart out in the lot, or toss litter out of their car window while driving, or speed up to block you when you try to pass, is because their perception is that since there is no immediate PERSONAL benefit from doing the "right" thing, they are therefore under no obligation to do so, and should in fact do the opposite just to make sure they don't accidentally lose any additional "credit."

--Patrick

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Here's the problem I see with that...these idiots aren't "coming around". They're just mad that they got bit. If the administration were to tweak things tomorrow and take these specific guys out of the crosshairs, I imagine they would breathe a sigh of relief and be straight back on the Trump train.

They don't give a shit about "what's happening to the country." They only care about what's happening to them, right now. The very definition of the phrase "can't see past the end of their nose".

I grew so very tired of this exact same kind of social outcry during the height of the COVID pandemic, where folks would joke and laugh about how the disease was no big deal--until it hit them. Then they wanted to blast all on social media about how it was all real, and people should pay attention. Of course, the irony is lots of people made that same outcry to *them* before *they* got hit. But they just shrugged it off. And the people just like them do the same. "First they came for..." and all that.

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I'm just saying this is probably the only chance to recruit.

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Because their bosses have no spine. They could all end it in one day. Agree to impeachment. It would kick Trump and Musk to the curb instantly.

But no, won't happen, because we have the most spineless Congress in history.

The lady in #1 doesn't realize that "diversity hires" includes ALL women, huh? Whoopsie.

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The lady in #1 doesn't realize that "diversity hires" includes ALL women, huh? Whoopsie.

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As my wife is so quick to point out, the one group that benefited the most from DEI hiring? White women.

--Patrick

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As my wife is so quick to point out, the one group that benefited the most from DEI hiring? White women.

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Hey now, they were hiring women as secretaries and coffee maids long before DEI was a thing. Pretty young ones, at least.

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The lady in #1 doesn't realize that "diversity hires" includes ALL women, huh? Whoopsie.

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And all the small farmers that were benefiting from government grants to be able to keep up with the corporations are discovering what the E in DEI stood for.

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Hey now, they were hiring women as secretaries and coffee maids long before DEI was a thing. Pretty young ones, at least.

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Well with all the business talk and making deals while chucking whisky you need some eye candy.

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Well with all the business talk and making deals while chucking whisky you need some eye candy.

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I mean, you can't close a deal unless there's something jiggly in a skirt around to objectify, right? It'd be like trying to negotiate without scotch.

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I mean, you can't close a deal unless there's something jiggly in a skirt around to objectify, right? It'd be like trying to negotiate without scotch.

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great minds think alike, and you can't expect people to listen to the German, right? What do they have to teach anyone?

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What do they have to teach anyone?

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Humor

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Both are dead.

--Patrick

The boot doesn't lick you back, quisling.

Someone should have told her that police rarely hand over reward money.

Or she could have just not been a huge snitch.

Almost put this in the Gender Issues thread, but I feel like it probably belongs here.

Forty-five percent of female voters backed Trump in 2024, despite his overt misogyny. Most, no doubt, believed that complicity would protect them and that the attacks would be centered on other women. But while the GOP certainly wants to strip liberal and feminist women of their rights, male MAGA leaders are showing increasing interest in bringing Republican women to heel, both culturally and through the force of law.

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House Republicans passed a bill (now stalled in the Senate) this session to require citizens to have a passport or birth certificate matching their name to vote. This would be a back-door ban on voting for any woman who took her husband's last name and doesn't have a passport, an estimated 69 million women.

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Webbon and the TheoBros have been clamoring more loudly in recent months about their wish to strip women, especially their own wives, of the right to vote. "You won't let women vote? Well, our society doesn't let five-year-olds vote," Webbon explained in a May podcast. He added that "a woman is like a child" and that "God has appointed men to protect them."

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As Sarah Stankorb at the New Republic documented, there has been growing support in Christian nationalist circles "for the repeal of the 19th Amendment and support a 'household vote' system in which men vote on behalf of their families."

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Webbon and the TheoBros is my new band name.

--Patrick

Unfuckingbelievable.

Next he’ll pardon Harvey Weinstein and give Kevin Spacey the Presidential Medal of Freedom or some shit.

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Next he’ll pardon Harvey Weinstein and give Kevin Spacey the Presidential Medal of Freedom or some shit.

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Nah. Spacey was into boys. The medal will go to John Kricfalusi.

Historically, Texas A&M has been a very conservative university, as I'm sure Ironbrig would attest.
Friday, Texas A&M banned drag shows from campus, including Draggieland, which has been running since 2020 amidst heavy protesting. Previously, the board of regents had cut sponsorship for the show in 2022, but students rallied together to fund it themselves. Now they'll have to find another venue.



Today, Lt. Gov Dan Patrick let them know they're still DEI woke leftists and he's slashing their budget.


Tell me how the boot tastes, TAMU board of regents. Did it taste good enough that its memory will make you forget the pain of the face eating leopard?