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[Motown Bombers]

Just now, chasfh said:

woman strong like man problem

Oh that's right, when we point out a woman is mean and has a temper and is unfit to be the head of the largest state in the country, it's misogyny. 

[chasfh]

17 minutes ago, Motown Bombers said:

Oh that's right, when we point out a woman is mean and has a temper and is unfit to be the head of the largest state in the country, it's misogyny. 

Now you’re getting the picture! 😉😝

[Motown Bombers]

What I love about this is it hits two rat****ers. If Duggan appointed El-Sayed as Chief Health Officer, El-Sayed wouldn’t have been eligible since he isn’t a licensed physician. 

 

[Tigerbomb13]

As someone that moved to Detroit last year (four years in Ann Arbor previously, and many years in the burbs prior to that), this makes me happy. I’ve loved my neighborhood so far, and there’s so much to do in the city these days. 

[romad1]

14 hours ago, Tigerbomb13 said:

As someone that moved to Detroit last year (four years in Ann Arbor previously, and many years in the burbs prior to that), this makes me happy. I’ve loved my neighborhood so far, and there’s so much to do in the city these days. 

excellent!

[oblong]

17 hours ago, Tigerbomb13 said:

As someone that moved to Detroit last year (four years in Ann Arbor previously, and many years in the burbs prior to that), this makes me happy. I’ve loved my neighborhood so far, and there’s so much to do in the city these days. 

My son's thinking of the Woodbridge area.

[Tigerbomb13]

2 hours ago, oblong said:

My son's thinking of the Woodbridge area.

That’s a nice neighborhood. I’m in Pingree Park which borders Indian Village. 

[Motor City Sonics]

[oblong]

2 hours ago, Tigerbomb13 said:

That’s a nice neighborhood. I’m in Pingree Park which borders Indian Village. 

That's great.  My wife used to work out at a place on Mack near you.  Run by a very good person.  Detroit Body Garage.  She only left due to some scheduling issues.

 

[Tiger337]

6 hours ago, Motor City Sonics said:

It has always been that way and always will.  

[Motown Bombers]

This is pretty big. Cassidy lost the primary and didn't make the runoff. Dem turnout is nearly equaling Republican.

 

[romad1]

54 minutes ago, Motown Bombers said:

This is pretty big. Cassidy lost the primary and didn't make the runoff. Dem turnout is nearly equaling Republican.

 

Cassidy should have stood up to RFKjr. 

[oblong]

Now we will hear a bunch of stuff. The only good Republican is a retired republican. 

[gehringer_2]

4 hours ago, romad1 said:

Cassidy should have stood up to RFKjr. 

yup - you can try to be 'half-way' in, but it it's usually a failure. If you are going to go after the King, you have to keep going after him until you win or take yourself to exile.

Speaking of the Senate  - Platner sat for the NYT interview with L. Garcia-Navarro. He was a little evasive about the deletion of his Reddit profile - think there is still a raw nerve on that one, but in general he had no problem owning his past. He reminds me a bit of Buttigieg in his rhetorical skills. Understands/is clear in his own thinking, is willing to answer the question asked, and is able to make a direct argument in straightforward language without hedging. Curious to see if he will be able to handle the added pressure of a debate type setting when the time comes.

[romad1]

5 hours ago, gehringer_2 said:

yup - you can try to be 'half-way' in, but it it's usually a failure. If you are going to go after the King, you have to keep going after him until you win or take yourself to exile.

Speaking of the Senate  - Platner sat for the NYT interview with L. Garcia-Navarro. He was a little evasive about the deletion of his Reddit profile - think there is still a raw nerve on that one, but in general he had no problem owning his past. He reminds me a bit of Buttigieg in his rhetorical skills. Understands/is clear in his own thinking, is willing to answer the question asked, and is able to make a direct argument in straightforward language without hedging. Curious to see if he will be able to handle the added pressure of a debate type setting when the time comes.

Debating Susan Collins?  That might be interesting.  

[Motown Bombers]

 

[LaceyLou]

On 5/14/2026 at 3:52 PM, Tigerbomb13 said:

As someone that moved to Detroit last year (four years in Ann Arbor previously, and many years in the burbs prior to that), this makes me happy. I’ve loved my neighborhood so far, and there’s so much to do in the city these days. 

Cities are definitely fun-and I love being able to walk to just about everything I need. Not owning a car literally means thousands of extra dollars in my pocket every year.

[gehringer_2]

4 hours ago, romad1 said:

Debating Susan Collins?  That might be interesting.  

Watching Platner talk about his epiphany wrt the US military-industrial complex got me thinking an optimistic thought that I'd never thought about before - it goes something like this:

I wonder if a lot of the increase in polarization in US politics is just the last act of the polarization that's always been there inside the boomer generation - where the lefts and rights have hated each other since half of them got drafted and sent to 'Nam and the other half got deferments and went to lit school, graduated and became the dominant force in a liberal US media. Thinking back, GWHB was the last WWII generation President  and when he left the scene you were left with Newt and Clinton, the first of the boomer gen to come to power, and I think you can almost date the start in the decay in US politics to that transition. And the thing is, the left was never the majority of my generation, but it was the half that dominated the conversation because they where the arty and erudite part, and the vitriol of the conservative backlash as the conservatives of that gen finally came to economic thus eventually political power and could get their revenge on all those hippies that controlled the conversation all their lives thus has a certain logic to it.

The connection with Platner was the contrast with John Kerry. You can take Kerry and McCain as representing the divide in the Boomer gen. McCain a Navy brat vs Kerry the rich kid. The Navy brat served, suffered, came home and stayed on the right. Kerry - who rejected his war in a similar way to the way Platner now rejects his, was a child of privilege and the Ivy league who came back and became one of the faces of the liberal wing of the boomers. But Platner is anything but John Kerry. He was a long term grunt - the kind of boomer who came back from the Veitnam war and stayed on the right side the rest of his life. But that innate division isn't already cooked into Platner's generation the way it is in mine. 

So maybe that's a cause for optimism that as we boomers die off and take our generational baggage with us, people who haven't stewed in a lifetime of resentment will be less prone to thinking they have to hate the other side so much.

another adpect to the divide in addition to geography, religion, etc.

Edited Sunday at 05:26 PM by gehringer_2

[romad1]

1 hour ago, gehringer_2 said:

Watching Platner talk about his epiphany wrt the US military-industrial complex got me thinking an optimistic thought that I'd never thought about before - it goes something like this:

I wonder if a lot of the increase in polarization in US politics is just the last act of the polarization that's always been there inside the boomer generation - where the lefts and rights have hated each other since half of them got drafted and sent to 'Nam and the other half got deferments and went to lit school, graduated and became the dominant force in a liberal US media. Thinking back, GWHB was the last WWII generation President  and when he left the scene you were left with Newt and Clinton, the first of the boomer gen to come to power, and I think you can almost date the start in the decay in US politics to that transition. And the thing is, the left was never the majority of my generation, but it was the half that dominated the conversation because they where the arty and erudite part, and the vitriol of the conservative backlash as the conservatives of that gen finally came to economic thus eventually political power and could get their revenge on all those hippies that controlled the conversation all their lives thus has a certain logic to it.

The connection with Platner was the contrast with John Kerry. You can take Kerry and McCain as representing the divide in the Boomer gen. McCain a Navy brat vs Kerry the rich kid. The Navy brat served, suffered, came home and stayed on the right. Kerry - who rejected his war in a similar way to the way Platner now rejects his, was a child of privilege and the Ivy league who came back and became one of the faces of the liberal wing of the boomers. But Platner is anything but John Kerry. He was a long term grunt - the kind of boomer who came back from the Veitnam war and stayed on the right side the rest of his life. But that innate division isn't already cooked into Platner's generation the way it is in mine. 

So maybe that's a cause for optimism that as we boomers die off and take our generational baggage with us, people who haven't stewed in a lifetime of resentment will be less prone to thinking they have to hate the other side so much.

another adpect to the divide in addition to geography, religion, etc.

Gen X has baggage but its all sitting by itself, sad because mom and dad got divorced.   

[guy incognito]

These two should not be walking upright.

Seriously, you see **** like this and you realize that, one way or another, this country is on track for one hell of a lot of bloodshed eventually.

Edited Sunday at 07:05 PM by guy incognito

[smr-nj]

3 hours ago, guy incognito said:

These two should not be walking upright.

Seriously, you see **** like this and you realize that, one way or another, this country is on track for one hell of a lot of bloodshed eventually.

That’s totally disgusting.

How disappointing that no one called them out. That saddens me.

[chasfh]

From the Department of No ****, Sherlock.

Isn't this a feature and not a bug?