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the left is looney about a lot of things, but the left's lunacies are mostly about things that don't threaten democratic government. Self rule is not at risk over people designating their pronouns or in a reparations debate or over which statues go where. It is when access to the polls and overturning elections and suppression of real historical truth and banning of books are the order of business.

Ok… the chili turned out…. Great. Go figure. (Soy cheese & yogurt on top) So, (in my best Emily Litella voice)…”Never mind” 😬

Go Commies!

Don’t forget women didn’t count at all and only white guys who owned land were able to vote. In other words the fabled founding fathers were in effect oligarchs.

In the USA its obvious the majority is overrun by the minority.

Luke Fickell might say no, but you have to make him a substantial offer.

I think this is something too many older people don't realize has happened. They probably still think of college economics being what they were when 'working your way through' just meant missing a few parties or passing on IM sports.

A good article by one of my favorite writers (no paywall) https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/02/opinion/tara-westover-educated-student-debt.html

so that way nobody has to testify? Because he surely doesn't give a shit about their well being.

I'd rather have Sewell plus Hutch/Thibs and Burks/London, plus Stroud/Young over a 3 year period.

Id be disappointed if we went QB 2 cause I feel if you were gonna do that you might as well have taken Fields last year who was a superior prospect to any of these qbs. I mean I love Sewell but Id rather have Fields and Hutch/Thibs/Neal than Sewell and Pickett/Willis.

The fact that Flores includes a bunch of issues that having nothing to do with racism detracts from his point. He comes across as a disgruntled employee who is doing this more to make the Dolphins look bad than to prove his point.

It appears it just went into effect in 2021. The Rooney Rule | NFL Football Operations

I am not normally a Post Malone fan. I am normally a big Sturgill Simpson fan. Post signing Sturgill's "You Can Have The Crown" was killer. If Post Malone released an outlaw-style country album ala Sturgill I bet it'd be good.

Ronald Reagan was also a noted racist. His conversation with Nixon bears this out.

Wyoming Rule This would be the best option IMO.... basically, the size of Congressional districts would be based on the smallest possible population for a district, which is Wyoming. Would result in 573 seats, but would be more proportional and would reduce the population of the average district, the hope being better representation for people in those districts.

Apparently Flores is so fed up that he doesn't believe that under the current system he has any chance to be an effective coach, with as much support and leeway for mistakes, as a white coach would have a chance to. He'd rather try to change the system and maybe not coach anymore, versus trying to shapeshift himself to accommodate the system and maybe not coach anymore. His story sounds kind of familiar ...

With a popular vote, Democrats would also campaign in Tijuana and Juarez since they rely on that illegal vote.

so the reverse jinx worked? sweet!

kilian didnt make the rising stars game?

like Churchill said, the worst form of government except for all the others. And yes for sure the US today is getting to be a pretty poor example of democracy at all.

If you believe more democratic outcomes lead to class warfare than I guess as alternative solutions to class conflict you can take your choice of the total victory of the oligarchy (Russia), which does effectively end the conflict, or the total suppression of all social dissent (China). Or another way to put it is that if more democracy is something that will lead to more class warfare, then class distinction has already grown to such a toxic level in your society that you must face that there is no longer any way back to greater social equity without breaking some (nest) eggs.

Dan Snyder: "Okay people... I've got it... I've got the new team name... everyone ready for this? This is it folks, it's genius: The Washington... wait for it... COMANCHES!" Staffer 1: "Uh... um... ah, Mr. Snyder... ah, I...I don't think that's a good choice." Staffer 2: "Yeah... that might be seen as a bit... um... tone deaf." Snyder: "What? Why? I don't get what you mean..." Staffer 2: "Well, ya know we dropped the old name 'cause Native Americans didn't like it and now you're using a tribe name..." Snyder: "No, you don't get it... it's named after the helicopter." Staffer 1: "Okay, but see that was named after the tribe so it's still referencing a Native American tribe right after we sort were using a racial slur and... I just don't kn--" Snyder: "Oh come one... no one is going to think that!" Staffer 2: "Eh... I kinda think they will." Snyder: "Well damn it... that took me three months to come up with and I really like the way it sounds. WASHINGTON COMANCHES! It's got a good strong sound to it." Staffer 1: "Yeah, well, I still think it reeeeeally won't work." Snyder: "Fine screw it... I give up. What sounds close to that? Washington Commies? No, even I'm not that dumb... um... Fuck it... Washington Commanders. Good enough. I'm going to get a drink and going to bed."

I’ve been beating this drum for 2 months now but I’m still very confused how this went down. The true story probably isn’t so confusing but there’s so much behind the scenes that we don’t know. They best I can surmise is if UM really wanted him as their coach they couldve kept him.and if Jim really wanted to be the coach he couldve gotten what he wanted. I think both sides were only willing to budge so much and In the end both got what they wanted. The timing isn’t great for UM but portal and early signing day make it far less damaging. I don’t think that highly of Warde so I’d expect him to name Gattis instead of taking a swing at bigger names. Then again, nothing will surprise me with the crazy coaching landscape these days.

I've probably moved to the center not the left. I've voted for Republicans as recently as down ballot 2016. I don't embrace a lot of the left wing ideology, but Trump's emergence and the loons in his wake have exposed a lot of the right wing ideology as fraudulent. I like to call out nonsense on all sides, since irrational polarization is at the core of our problems right now.

ain't it the truth!

I used to be a right wing, well libertarian I guess, troll around these parts and in my daily life back from 2009 when I first joined the old board through around 2013ish. I had many of the same talking points as posters like Archie and Cartman do today and folks like BallMich had several years back. I used to get into troll fights and arguments with Fife, Couga, MTU, G2, and others. Back in my libertarians days I was a collection of greatest hits talking points: from owning progressives and liberals, to government action = socialism, to socialism = scary, to Democrats and Obama are driving us towards socialism, to the private sector could do it better, to End the Fed, and on. When it snowed, I' be the first one out there to take a picture outside and post LOL @ Global Warming. I had read all the requisite right wing and libertarian books, websites and blogs at the time: Reason Magazine, National Review, Weekly Standard, Mises Institute, Cato, Heartland, etc. I had read every Milton Friedman book and watched every YouTube video ever that featured him. I had the Fox News and right wing talking points about the left down so pat I could recite them in my sleep. I remember fierce debates on this board about the GM and Chrysler bailouts. I remember fighting with MTU and G2 about Amtrak being a total failure in a thread I had created to show the world proof that Amtrak meant that government entities were all destined to fail, never mind the fact that Amtrak has failed because of stagnation and purposeful disinvestment in it as a rail system. I remember one time back in 2012ish I got into an argument with Fife over Barak Obama's and then Secretary of State Clinton's use of drones as a means to fight external and domestic terrorism and my single word response to Fife was to simply type "DROWNED" in all caps. I debated purely off emotion and made reactionary responses that fit my narrative and nothing more. Now, some may say I still do that (much respect to the Buddha), but I've tried to grow and mature beyond being that type of person here and in my daily life. I've tried to be thoughtful and willing to accept facts and research that live outside my personal narratives. When everything that happened with my dad happened in 2012 I gave the right win echo chamber a break and purposefully challenged myself to step outside the bubble and broaden my horizons. I forced myself to start watching different news channels, getting news and opinion from different online websites, reading different books and research. I still respect a guy like Ron Paul and still agree with many of his ideas on a range of issues. I don't worship him, nor do I worship any one particular ideology or politician, not even ole Bernie Sanders or EDub. Don't get me wrong, I think Sanders, Warren, and the like have the best ideas for building a better, fairer, equitable, and just society. I think their policy ideas and programs will do a lot more good in the lives of people like my dad and the average person out there. I think they will tackle the climate change crisis and income inequities in a meaningful way. But I don't worship them and I don't see them as infallible people. They make mistakes, get things wrong, and have warts just like the rest of us. I say all that to say this. Posters like Archie, Cartman, BallMich, and people like my own right-wing father, they are trapped in a bubble. One that is partially there own making and one that has been made by society, by a poor education system that doesn't teach critical thinking, one by a media ecosphere that has sowed misinformation and distrust into the fabric of our society. They have fallen victim to politicians who toy with their emotions and manipulate both their feelings and their intellect for their own gain. And when I say something like that, I don't say it to demean those posters as idiots, but I do wish to point out the problems that arise from cult-like worship over someone. I do wish to bring more substance to the arguments and not just news media talking points. I do wish for rebuttals of fact and substance, not talking points and character attacks. Bernie Sanders is not some scary socialist, manipulating the minds of leftwing people and Democrats for his own personal gain. He's not the lefts version of Donald Trump, in spite of the similarly rabid fan base that follows him around. Sure, he rails against the rich and inequities in society. But at days end, I think he's just an honest, open guy who believes that government has the tools and capabilities necessary to do the most good in people's lives, in line with a well balanced and regulated marketplace. I genuinely do not believe that Donald Trump cares about the life of the average person, I do believe Bernie Sanders does and to a lesser extent, Joe Biden does. I'll accept right wing and conservative opinions as best I can. What I won't accept though, are the naked and brazen attacks on our country and our democratic institutions. I won't accept our democratic values backsliding into authoritarianism and the loss of free, fair elections. I won't accept outright lies and baseless talking points to overtake the truth all to promote a baseless agenda. I won't tolerate racism, bigotry, sexism, and any number of phobias towards any group of people. I love this country. I love the freedoms we have. I would love not only to preserve those, but expand them to others and clean up our flawed system and all of its inequities and imperfections. For me, the personal growth I experienced over the last decade was the best thing that ever happened. Not only for me, but for those around me as well. I hope others can gain some level of introspection and experience the personal growth I did.

what do you mean by "report"? Just because there's two sides to a point doesn't make one of them valid. People think the earth is flat. They're nuts.

This board is literally beyond hope for legit political discussions that honestly evaluate and criticize the left and right. TDS and “Righteous Holier Than Thou Ds” mind poisoning has infected those who formerly viewed the world more objectively. The best you and other who are not bound to a political party can do is report the crazy shit and policies the left takes part of to offer some semblance of balance.

I’m my own pet peeve today. Why can I never just leave well enough alone and follow a recipe? But, no….. let’s add this. And this. Oops, no chicken broth to add to the crockpot? Just use vegetable bullion water. And salsa. And… hm… no actual chili powder in the house? (I’m making turkey chili in a crockpot by the way) Let’s just add chipotle & cayenne. And oregano. And, let’s try adding unsweetened cocoa… I read that somewhere , didn’t I? Added. Oh, and that frozen chopped up butternut squash… yeah, I’ll throw some of that in too. I’m expecting a crockpot full of crap in about 6 hrs. I am a moron. Ugh

This is an absolutely brilliant spoof on Rogan's show. It may only make sense if you've listened to him. For some reason they just play music for first 2 minutes. My friend and I listened together last night and were texting back and forth. They nail it so well. It's not SNL where the jokes are obvious but if you have listened to his podcast you will get it... basically say a bunch of words for 3 minutes but don't really say anything...

Tjank You.

So the Dems have no majority because of the NM Senator's stroke.