majorspark

There is now over a million military casualties in this war.  Civilians will be approaching a 100k nearly all Ukrainians.  The west convinced them to give up the nukes for peace.  Now a great war is at their door step.

A great dictator has arisen in Europe.  Bent on waging war to achieve his goals.  Openly leveling cities with indiscriminate weapons.  Using banned chemical weapons to dislodge entrenched soldiers on the front.

But on campus they are lathered up about the Jewish problem.  Like one in the past he may have an opening here.

posted by majorspark

The Israelis are about to finish the job in Rafah in the south.  But the cries are out now for them to stop what they did not start.  Maybe we get more "protesters" to block streets.  A sure way to win people over to your side.s.

I guess it works for the current government.  No more offensive weapons if the Israelis finish job in Rafah.  Near defeat militarily yet a great propaganda victory for Hamas.  Bad things coming soon. 

Took the rest of the week off.  Grabbed a 15pk of Miller lite.  Got the card.  I am 52 bald with mostly gray hair.  No more reading the date on my state issued drivers license.  Got to be scanned.  Its 10:30 in the morning.  I guess I am now in the states database of potential drunkards.  Clearly Speedway is in bed with the government.  I have been resisting it but I am becoming a Bell Buddy.

I am going to shut you down just get me some food and a glass of water. Wrist bands instead of gold stars this will not end well.  When the shit hits the fan we know who wins.

posted by iclfan2

Columbia had a hard warning time at 2pm yesterday.

Others give the hard warning with examples of 10-20 in the fed pen.

posted by justincredible

So how long do they let this shit go on on all of these campuses? Hopefully they all see a drastic drop in future enrollment. 

As long as it takes for them to get their way.  I am wondering if I am the only person not seeing the elephant in the room here.  You got one faction of people pissed at government going to the source of their issue.  The seat of government power.  They break some glass, crawl on the walls, do a walk through, and leave. There was some scuffling.  But they were quickly hunted down like dogs and given substantial prison sentences.

The other faction.  The one where we wonder how long we let this shit go on.  Their target is civilians. Laying in the street.  The goal to disrupt civilian life.  Most of these civilians are at 0 on the give shit meter for their gripe they just want to go about their lives. In the current cases we got people dropping an intifada banner out the window and waving foreign flags.

The media has an affect on all of us.  I feel like I have gone to the dark side. But I know I haven't.

posted by iclfan2

I just can’t imagine being a parent and raising these little losers. I fully support the left’s child free ideas. Stop having kids please, it’s for the climate!

These people allow me to have a little respect for the J6 mob.  They disrupted the lives of our precious public servants and there was hell to pay.  The target of these people are innocent bystanders.  Civilians.  Unfortunately no one will ever face these clowns on the battle field. 

Once the final solution to the the Jewish question is resolved gay pride parades can commence in Gaza and abortion clinics can be opened. 

posted by Dr Winston O'Boogie

He kind of had Robert E. Lee confused with an Irish pirate “Don’t fight uphill me boys.”

Respectfully disagree.  He had Lee confused with Longstreet and the "my" "me" confusion with Pickets quote from the movie was from the Irish sergeant on the Union side.

posted by Heretic

Lol, I read about that. The last couple days have been GREAT for our two prospective "leaders". Biden with that story and Trump with some bizarre Gettysburg story where Robert E. Lee was very against fighting uphill "me boys". Combine them into one person and you might have 60% of a working brain. Might.

Biden was elected to the US Senate in 1972 the same year I was born.  He feels the need to project hardships.  Trump on the other hand is confused by his recolction of  watching "Gods and Generals" Longstreet did not want to fight uphill and Picket fell off his horse and got back up wondering what happened to "his boys" and Lee failed. 

posted by CenterBHSFan

People are still pushing Gavin Newsome for a dem presidency (replace Biden). The idea has escaped Twitter and is now being talked about and/or pushed on YouTube, Rumble and all the other social medias.

Not going to happen.  Too many people behind the scenes with a lot of power that would be lost.  Plus Gavin does not have an uncle that was shot down during WWII over New Guinea and devoured by cannibals. 

posted by ptown_trojans_1

Trump also pulled out of the Iran deal. Say what you want about it, but Iran is much closer to a nuclear weapon today than they would have been if the agreement was still in place. 

Nah Iran is just a little more out in the open about it.  Any concessions they can get from the West help move things along.

posted by ptown_trojans_1

People like the option and do not want government restricting them. 

People love government restrictions.  Just not for them.

posted by queencitybuckeye

With rare exception, not true.

Millions believe otherwise.  Judgement of an individual in this country is not left to one person.  It requires a unanimous decision of many.  

Leaving this issue to the smaller forms of government makes sense to me.

posted by queencitybuckeye
Why can't it?

There is another person involved.

posted by Heretic

Seems to me that 2020 did a great job of illustrating that scientific issues can quickly become subjective issues when you have multiple scientific viewpoints on something, leading to people auto-gravitating towards whichever one mirrors their personal views on the matter.

Scientific "issues" are never subjective.  There may be competing theories and hypotheses, but "subjective" is a media-manufactured narrative where certain theories that support the agenda are promoted as "fact" and "consensus" while competing ideas are SUPPRESSED as "pseudo-science", "conspiracy theory" and "alternative facts".

And, yes, Covid provided numerous examples of all of the above.

Go back 20 years and straight news articles were generally separate from editorials, and were pretty balanced in discussing both sides of an argument's strengths and weaknesses.  What passes as straight news today are traditional editorials that skew and slant the facts, and bury counterpoints toward the end of the article.  And today's editorials are straight-up propaganda that resort to distortions and strawmen, if they even acknowledge counterpoints at all.

posted by Heretic

Seems to me that 2020 did a great job of illustrating that scientific issues can quickly become subjective issues when you have multiple scientific viewpoints on something, leading to people auto-gravitating towards whichever one mirrors their personal views on the matter. And when talking about something that is a hot-button issue for many people, it's a guarantee that will be the case.

What you are describing is the most infectious disease known to man.  Its killed more people than any other plague combined.  No one is immune to it and there is no vaccine.  The only treatment for it is reason and logic.

posted by ptown_trojans_1

You can use polling all you want, but state after state is voting to enshrine abortion as an option by more than 52%.

"Enshrine" telling choice of a word when it comes to abortion.  So state after state is making the "correct" choice.  What is everyone on about here?

posted by iclfan2

lol I’ve seen the DEI claims. 

On the contrary, it took a day before the losers complained about the bridge name 

The bridge will get a new name when rebuilt.

posted by Automatik

I'm not sure, I'll have to check.

I haven't been to Charleston since I was in my early teens. I'd love to check it out...but on my own time. 

Yup no tux. Also my GF was invited too....so hassle and cost x 2.

And you will feel even worse in 5yrs when you hear they have divorced.

My wife tells me I am doing something shitty.  She is 100% correct.  I bring up out of the context of the issue that she also does something equally shitty.  Although I am 100% correct that she also at times is equally shitty it is not directly relevant the current issue.  We all know how effective and wrong this arguement is.