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[Deleterious]

 

[gehringer_2]

21 minutes ago, Deleterious said:

 

always respected Barney - he knew his stuff. If more people in Washington understood economics like Barney did we'd be in a better place.

[Motown Bombers]

 

[romad1]

41 minutes ago, Motown Bombers said:

 

What is your point with the note above the video?  

[Motown Bombers]

15 minutes ago, romad1 said:

What is your point with the note above the video?  

What note?

[romad1]

2 hours ago, Motown Bombers said:

What note?

I was thinking about the idea of a US vet criticizing other US Mil. 

Its not fun to see it but its pretty damn common. 

[romad1]

14 hours ago, romad1 said:

I was thinking about the idea of a US vet criticizing other US Mil. 

Its not fun to see it but its pretty damn common. 

There is also a scene from the R. Lee Ermy vehicle "Siege of Firebase Gloria" that is similar -- but too gross to show here.  He's got the severed heads of two guys in his hands and he's lecturing the defensive perimeter that Corporal Miller (whose severed head is in his right hand being  held by his hair) allowed the gun pit to be captured and that he no longer has any respect for Corporal Miller.  

Its a movie of course and for Vietnam era fodder a pretty decent B movie.  

[Motown Bombers]

Congratulations Governor Benson. I’m emailing John James with the good news. 

 

[Tigerbomb13]

This is great news.

[gehringer_2]

dems acting like they want to win. who knew?

[oblong]

She kind of tore him up at a discussion held not far from my house earlier this week. I  wish I had known it was going on but it was a UAW hall so maybe attendance was restricted.

 

[Tiger337]

On 5/20/2026 at 10:52 AM, Deleterious said:

 

I use to be blissfully ignorant of politics (and my life was better then!), but what I most remember about Barney Frank was him coming out as gay and everybody talking about it like it was a horrible crime that would destroy him.  

[Mr.TaterSalad]

I've been a Benson supporter from day one. I'm elated to see that Mike Duggan is dropping out. Independent races are generally an uphill battle and doomed from the start. I hope he comes out and supports Jocelyn now. 

[romad1]

5 hours ago, Motown Bombers said:

Congratulations Governor Benson. I’m emailing John James with the good news. 

 

That is surprising 

[LaceyLou]

5 hours ago, Tiger337 said:

I use to be blissfully ignorant of politics (and my life was better then!), but what I most remember about Barney Frank was him coming out as gay and everybody talking about it like it was a horrible crime that would destroy him.  

He spoke at my college's graduation that year, only weeks after coming out. People were definitely angry. He ended up giving a very interesting talk, though.

[pfife]

He was a pretty unique individual, back in the day he did a lot of combativr TV hits with Bill Orielly iirc.   He seemed very informed and great at presenting his case and his disheveled look was hilarious.    

[gehringer_2]

Per WAPO today:

Ken Martin releases controversial 2024 Democratic 'autopsy' report. 

- blames Biden for not grooming Harris as a national figure

- concludes that tran-gender issues played  badly for Harris and the party

- concludes dems did not hit Trump as hard as was needed

- states that going back to Obama the Dems have neglected party building.

- blames party for writing off too many areas

Story concludes with:

"The autopsy says the Democratic Party and its candidates have lost voters’ trust. “In the face of misinformation and disinformation, our candidates have proven incapable of projecting strength, unity, and leadership, and voters have drifted away,”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/05/21/democratic-national-committee-releases-contentious-autopsy-2024-campaign/