POLITICS SCHMALITICS

[ewsieg]

3 minutes ago, Motown Bombers said:

Don't forget the January 6th election denier as the expert for the article. 

Qanon was the initial basis for the Esptein fodder we see today.  I don't see you denouncing every leak that involves Trump with 'are we really going to side with Qanon?'

Even a broken clock is right twice a day.  

[Tigeraholic1]

Make this make sense.

 

 

[pfife]

Lol at the pedo party arguing whats an adult

[CMRivdogs]

I know a bunch of 21-75 year olds who don't qualify as adults in my book.

'In my world, one would need to pass a civics test in order to qualify to vote. And a certified firearms certification to obtain a fire arm of any type, including BB Guns

[gehringer_2]

23 hours ago, Tigeraholic1 said:

I thought this was AI, nope.

 

I told you, guys with perfect hair are always suspect!

[Motown Bombers]

1 minute ago, gehringer_2 said:

I told you, guys with perfect hair are always suspect!

Well, that whole thing was debunked. It started from a post from "EndWokeness" Newsom was talking to a room full of white people. Stop quoting a Nazi who deliberately spreads disinformation. 

[gehringer_2]

19 minutes ago, Motown Bombers said:

Well, that whole thing was debunked. It started from a post from "EndWokeness" Newsom was talking to a room full of white people. Stop quoting a Nazi who deliberately spreads disinformation. 

you can ignore people, that doesn't make them go away.

And I will continue to make any available joke about Newsom's hair. 😎

[Tigeraholic1]

26 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

you can ignore people, that doesn't make them go away.

And I will continue to make any available joke about Newsom's hair. 😎

Motown needs his safe space or he/she gets triggered. Newsome does have nice hair, no doubt.

[Tigeraholic1]

On 2/22/2026 at 5:16 PM, Motown Bombers said:

 

 

 

 

[LaceyLou]

17 hours ago, ewsieg said:

Would it be 'both siding' if I said Whitmer was on a 'work trip' right now?  If so, I won't.

On an unrelated note Whitmer is out there fighting for our state's manufacturers:

Gov. Whitmer Transitions Michigan Investment Mission to Italy, Advancing Defense, Manufacturing, and Global Partnerships

I have a hard enough time keeping track of NY/NE politics, tbh. But if Governor Healey were in Italy on a 'work trip' and decided to party it down with a group of Olympic athletes I'd be embarrassed.

[Tiger337]

21 hours ago, gehringer_2 said:

I told you, guys with perfect hair are always suspect!

Newsom seems childish to me.  I am really hoping somebody more serious emerges.  I'm not going to hold my breath.  

[gehringer_2]

19 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

Newsom seems childish to me.  I am really hoping somebody more serious emerges.  I'm not going to hold my breath.  

Unfortunately childish simplicity is what American Voters vote for. In America, serious people need not apply, or at least have to hide themselves behind a faux persona.

I joke about it, but I guarantee you Newsom will gain or lose more votes over his hair than he will over his positions on how zoning rules and building codes affect housing affordability.

Edited 3 hours ago by gehringer_2

[Tiger337]

8 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

Unfortunately childish simplicity is what American Voters vote for. In America, serious people need not apply, or at least have to hide themselves behind a faux persona.

I joke about it, but I guarantee you Newsom will gain or lose more votes over his hair than he will over his positions on how zoning rules and building codes affect housing affordability.

We are living up to the ugly American stereotype for sure.  

[chasfh]

13 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

We are living up to the ugly American stereotype for sure.  

They are taking the stereotype to new heights previously unimaginable.

[Tiger337]

17 minutes ago, chasfh said:

They are taking the stereotype to new heights previously unimaginable.

Sure, they never expected us to descend towards authoritarianism and to turn on our allies, but as far as personal behavior goes, they were right on target.   Amereicans are loud, arrogant, self-absorbed, shallow, ignorant and unserious people.  In that respect, we got exactly what we deserved.  

[Tigeraholic1]

22 hours ago, CMRivdogs said:

I know a bunch of 21-75 year olds who don't qualify as adults in my book.

'In my world, one would need to pass a civics test in order to qualify to vote. And a certified firearms certification to obtain a fire arm of any type, including BB Guns

The point being the new law: THEY have to be accompanied by an adult. An adult in VA is considered 18. Reading as: a 20 year old can possess the firearm if they are with an 18 year old. Talk about some pretzel logic...

[gehringer_2]

1 hour ago, Tigeraholic1 said:

The point being the new law: THEY have to be accompanied by an adult. An adult in VA is considered 18. Reading as: a 20 year old can possess the firearm if they are with an 18 year old. Talk about some pretzel logic...

yeah - if that's the way it actually reads,  they screwed up. But these confusions started when they lowered the national age of majority to 18 in 1972 in response to the protests about sending boys to War but not letting them vote. Of course that also lowered the drinking age to 18, which states realized they didn't want to do and eventually in '84 the Federales pushed all states to raise the drinking age back to 21 separately. So you have this split regime. A lot of people still think of 'Adult' in terms of the *drinking* age (21), even though that is the exception to everything else being 18.

Still no excuse for legislators to be clueless. But like I said - too easy for clueless people to get elected in the US.

Edited 1 hour ago by gehringer_2

[oblong]

Conservatives today think adult means 14.  At least sexually.

[gehringer_2]

1 minute ago, oblong said:

Conservatives today think adult means 14.  At least sexually.

yes, of course there is that....

😉

[Tiger337]

One of the students in the program in whch I work wrote a good article at WBUR about the dangers of AI potentially taking away our civil liberties: https://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2026/02/25/ice-ai-surveillance-cell-phone-video-license-plate-readers-sarah-young-goldberg