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9 minutes ago, ronthecivil said:

Yup, because they ran a slate of known election deniers and abortion haters.

All they need to do is put in an anti immigrant anti crime (don't matter if crazy) guy like Desantis (and he is crazy!) who doesn't have, well, a ton of the above baggage to make easy to make attack ads. The elections even with the underperform are generally razor thin. Take out some of the other sides obvious easy points and it can flip.

That said it's unlikely they do it because the crazy people on the right don't even care if they win anymore as long as they can troll.

Desantis has enacted all of the far right policies in Florida that have cost Republicans in the general elections. I don't think his shtick will play nationally, so we can agree to disagree on that.

You didn't address my other point: Do you really believe Donald Trump would sit back and not do anything to sabotage a Republican candidate if they beat him out for the nomination? If so, that would be another area where we'd have to agree to disagree.

I'd bet the Farm that he'd tell his followers that the fix is in and there is no reason to vote.

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14 minutes ago, ronthecivil said:

Was the fired because A) It had sex in it or B) It's incredibly insensitive and bordering on kiddy porn like exploration to include unauthrorised personal thought of the teenager regarding her personal sexual feelings.

 

I bet it A but it should be B.......  

Are...are we really debating the supposed evils of the diary of anne frank because it deals with real issues and the writings of a person who hid in a closet for years from one of the most murderous regimes in history?

Really?

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45 minutes ago, nuckin_futz said:

The alleged hack of FF Jr's Twitter is hilarious. Or was it just another epic cocaine bender?

 

 

 

He could have been trolling us with the death announcement.

I know I find it disappointing that it isn't true....

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46 minutes ago, Warhippy said:

Are...are we really debating the supposed evils of the diary of anne frank because it deals with real issues and the writings of a person who hid in a closet for years from one of the most murderous regimes in history?

Really?

The part that omits her personal sexual thoughts? As per the wishes of her family? It should absolutely be on the reading list

My point is of course that nobody is taking that into account......

If the kids want porn they can just use the internet.....

 

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53 minutes ago, Bob Long said:

its C) white republican children can't be made to feel empathy 

Neither side has any empathy. The left doesn't have any if they want to push the unedited book with the personal sexual details in it in direct contradiction to the wishes of he family to prove their point.....

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32 minutes ago, ronthecivil said:

The part that omits her personal sexual thoughts? As per the wishes of her family? It should absolutely be on the reading list

My point is of course that nobody is taking that into account......

If the kids want porn they can just use the internet.....

 

The irony for me is that the party of no censorship and my freedom of speech sure is big on censorship lately

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44 minutes ago, ronthecivil said:

Neither side has any empathy. The left doesn't have any if they want to push the unedited book with the personal sexual details in it in direct contradiction to the wishes of he family to prove their point.....

who is "the left" in this story? we know what the MAGA republicans stand for and who they are. 

I didn't realize that free speech in the US had a side. 

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2 hours ago, RupertKBD said:

Great to see you again brother.

So which Josh Allen do you think we'll see for the rest of the season? We can't afford many more games like he had against the Jets....

 

We have a 5 year sample size to draw on now.  If you go by that, Josh will string good games together and cut them up occasionally with some stinkers like he did against the Jets.

 

He's the AFC player of the week and even with the Jets game last week, he has the highest completion percentage in the league now.

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We have a 5 year sample size to draw on now.  If you go by that, Josh will string good games together and cut them up occasionally with some stinkers like he did against the Jets.

 

He's the AFC player of the week and even with the Jets game last week, he has the highest completion percentage in the league now.

 

You have to bear with me.....

 

I cheer for the Canucks, Bills, Blue Jays, Whitecaps and Tottenham.....I'm always waiting for something to go wrong....

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The vacant top spots in the US military are likely to be filled soon.  Tommy caved and accomplished nothing positive.

 

 

https://www.newsweek.com/tommy-tuberville-has-accomplished-nothing-blockade-bucked-schumer-1828689

Tommy Tuberville Has 'Accomplished Nothing' as Blockade Bucked: Schumer

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Trump Privately Frets He Could Be Headed to Prison

Would he be sent to a “club fed” style prison — or a “bad” one? Would he have Secret Service protection? And what would they make him wear? Those are some of the questions Donald Trump is asking his lawyers as his many trials
 

In the past several months, Donald Trump has had a burning question for some of his confidants and attorneys:

 

Would the authorities make him wear “one of those jumpsuits” in prison?

 

As the criminal cases against him have piled up, the former president and 2024 GOP frontrunner has wondered aloud in recent months about what life would be like if he’s convicted, and if appeals fail. While Trump publicly professes confidence, privately, three sources familiar with his comments say, he’s been asking lawyers and other people close to him what a prison sentence would look like for a former American president. 

 

Would he be sent to a “club fed” style prison — a place that’s relatively comfortable, as far these things go — or a “bad” prison? Would he serve out a sentence in a plush home confinement? Would government officials try to strip him of his lifetime Secret Service protections? What would they make him wear, if his enemies actually did ever get him in a cell — an unprecedented set of consequences for a former leader of the free world. 

 

What would happen — including in the Fulton County, Georgia criminal case against him and various co-defendants — if he were convicted and sentenced, but also re-elected?

 

The private questions are a departure from the air of supreme confidence invincibility Trump has projected. In interviews and elsewhere, he has claimed that the thought of losing in court and going to prison simply cannot enter his mind.

 

“I don’t even think about it,” Trump told NBC’s Kristen Welker during an interview last week. “I’m built a little differently I guess.”

 

Trump’s attorneys like Alina Habba have amplified that bravado. Habba told Fox News’ Shannon Bream last month that the former president was so confident he would be vindicated that he’s not even preparing for his various trials. “If it was a normal person, honestly Shannon, I could understand the concern,” she said, adding that “You don’t have to prep much when you’ve done nothing wrong.”

 

But now out of office, sources close to Trump and those who’ve heard him ask these questions about a hypothetical sentencing tell Rolling Stone that it’s clear the gravity of his mounting legal peril is getting to Trump, regardless of whether the former president can admit to it in public.

 

A Trump spokesperson did not respond to questions from Rolling Stone

 

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49 minutes ago, nuckin_futz said:

Trump Privately Frets He Could Be Headed to Prison

Would he be sent to a “club fed” style prison — or a “bad” one? Would he have Secret Service protection? And what would they make him wear? Those are some of the questions Donald Trump is asking his lawyers as his many trials
 

In the past several months, Donald Trump has had a burning question for some of his confidants and attorneys:

 

Would the authorities make him wear “one of those jumpsuits” in prison?

 

As the criminal cases against him have piled up, the former president and 2024 GOP frontrunner has wondered aloud in recent months about what life would be like if he’s convicted, and if appeals fail. While Trump publicly professes confidence, privately, three sources familiar with his comments say, he’s been asking lawyers and other people close to him what a prison sentence would look like for a former American president. 

 

Would he be sent to a “club fed” style prison — a place that’s relatively comfortable, as far these things go — or a “bad” prison? Would he serve out a sentence in a plush home confinement? Would government officials try to strip him of his lifetime Secret Service protections? What would they make him wear, if his enemies actually did ever get him in a cell — an unprecedented set of consequences for a former leader of the free world. 

 

What would happen — including in the Fulton County, Georgia criminal case against him and various co-defendants — if he were convicted and sentenced, but also re-elected?

 

The private questions are a departure from the air of supreme confidence invincibility Trump has projected. In interviews and elsewhere, he has claimed that the thought of losing in court and going to prison simply cannot enter his mind.

 

“I don’t even think about it,” Trump told NBC’s Kristen Welker during an interview last week. “I’m built a little differently I guess.”

 

Trump’s attorneys like Alina Habba have amplified that bravado. Habba told Fox News’ Shannon Bream last month that the former president was so confident he would be vindicated that he’s not even preparing for his various trials. “If it was a normal person, honestly Shannon, I could understand the concern,” she said, adding that “You don’t have to prep much when you’ve done nothing wrong.”

 

But now out of office, sources close to Trump and those who’ve heard him ask these questions about a hypothetical sentencing tell Rolling Stone that it’s clear the gravity of his mounting legal peril is getting to Trump, regardless of whether the former president can admit to it in public.

 

A Trump spokesperson did not respond to questions from Rolling Stone

 

 

This is the line that gets me:

 

“If it was a normal person, honestly Shannon, I could understand the concern,” she said, adding that “You don’t have to prep much when you’ve done nothing wrong.”

 

But apparently, you do need to file useless motion after useless motion, in an attempt to delay the process.

 

Where does Bone Spurs find these idiots?

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5 minutes ago, RupertKBD said:

 

This is the line that gets me:

 

“If it was a normal person, honestly Shannon, I could understand the concern,” she said, adding that “You don’t have to prep much when you’ve done nothing wrong.”

 

But apparently, you do need to file useless motion after useless motion, in an attempt to delay the process.

 

Where does Bone Spurs find these idiots?

 

I think the general consensus is he finds them on OnlyFans.

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On 9/20/2023 at 1:25 PM, ronthecivil said:

The part that omits her personal sexual thoughts? As per the wishes of her family? It should absolutely be on the reading list

My point is of course that nobody is taking that into account......

If the kids want porn they can just use the internet.....

 

Oh come on. It is to a class of grade 8 where sex ed already started. It is not like this was read to a third grade classroom. 

 

If grade 8 kids are cuddled that they should not even hear about genitalia then we have way larger problems.

 

The right is so sensitive with talks about sex and frankly that is a large reason why we see so much teen pregnancies that ruin lives in that group. The more you try to hide it from the adolescents, the more they will get curious and do irresponsible things like having unprotected sex. 

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